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§nE greatest of p]nglisli histuriaiis, Macaulav, and one of the most brilliant writei-s oi 
the present ccnliny, has said : "The history of a country is best told in a record of the 
lives of its people." In conformity witlithis idea the Poutuait and Biographical 
Ai.Hi M of this count3- has been prepared. Instead of going to must}' records, and 
taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can he appreciated by but few, our 
corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their 
enterprise and indiistrv. brought the county to a rank second to none among those 
comprising this great anil noble .State, and from their lips have the story of their life 
struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- 
gent public. In this volume will be found a record of manj' whose lives are worthy the 
imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in povertj-, by 
industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited 
advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an 
influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who 
have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and 
^. .V records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of man}', very 

many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way,'" content 
to have it said of them .as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "the}' have done what 
they could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of 3'oung manhood left the plow and the 
anvil, the lawyer's ofllce and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's 
call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
be lost upon those who follow after. 

Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a s.acred treasure, from the fiict 
that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be 
inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible 
given to those represented to insure correctness in wh.at has been written, and the publishers flatter them- 
selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph- 
ical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given. 

The fiices of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the 
jjublishcrs are not to blame. Not having a |)roper conception of the work, some refused to give the 
information necessary to compile a sketch, while othei-s were indifferent. Occasionally some member of 
the famih' would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested 
one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made 
at their residence or place of business. 

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J HE Father of our Country was 
l)orn in Westmorland Co., \^a., 
'Feb. 2 2, 1732. His [jarents 
were Augustine and Mary 
(Hall) Washington. The family 
to which he belonged hrs not 
been satisfactorily traced in 
England. His great-grand- 
father, John W'ashington, em- 
igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
and became a prosperous 
planter. He had nvo sons, 
Lawrence and John. The 
former married Mildred Warner 
and had three children, John, 
Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
tine, the father of (leorge, first 
married Jane Butler, who bore 
him four children, two of whom, 
Lawrence and Augustine, reached 

f(jR) maturity. Of six children by his 
K^ second marriage, George was the 
(|^ eldest, the others being Betty, 
i Samuel, Joiin Augustine, Charles 

and Mildred. 
Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
in 1743, leaving a large landed jiroperty. To his 
eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
and to George he left the parental residence. CJeorge 
received only such education as the neighborhood 
schiwls afforded, save for a short time after he left 
school, when he received private instruction in 
mathemat'cs. His spellinii was rather defective. 



Remarkable stories are told of his great physical 
strength and development at an early age. He war. 
an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 

When George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to 
sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured fo' him, 
but through the opiX)sition of his mother the idea was 
abandoned. Two years later he was appointed 
surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. I n 
this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
life, gaining experience which afterwards proved vt^ry 
essential to him. In 175 i, though only ig years of 
age, he was apjX)inted adjutant with the rank of 
major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
Lawrence, who went there to restore his health 'I'hcy 
soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
who did not long survive him. On her demise the 
estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was 
reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
cei)ted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
ceed to the French iiost near Lake Erie in N'orili- 
western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, 
and tb.e journey was to be made without military 
escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



trip was a perilous one, and several rimes he came near 
losing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
Washington took a most important part. In the 
memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
were disabled early in the action, and Washington 
alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
to his brother he says : " 1 had four bullets through 
my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
unhurt, though death was levelin-^. my companions 
on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
him. 

After having been five years in the military service, 
and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
took advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
CO resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
active and important part. January 17, 1759, he 
married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
widow of John Parke Custis. 

\Vhen the British Parliament had closed the port 
if Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
delphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the 
first acts of tliis Congress was the election of a com- 
mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
wlio was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted 
it on June 19, but upon the express condition th.Tt he 
receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
of expenses and expect Congress to pay them and 
nothing more. It is not tlie object of this sketch to 
trace the military acts of Washington, to whom thj 
fortunes and liberties of the people of tliis country 
were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
him under ever}' possible disadvantage, and while his 
forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
and matchless skill lie gained liberty for the greatest 
nation of earth. On Dsc. 23, 17S3, Washington, in 
a parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his 



commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
connection with public life. 

In February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously 
elected President. In his presidential career he was 
subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
of other governments; trials from want of harmony 
between the difterent sections of our own country; 
trials from the impoverished condition of the country, 
owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the 
beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
clear judgment could discern the golden mean; and 
while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
very annoying. 

At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
mously re-elected. At the end of this term many 
were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 
1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there 
his few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of 
public life. Later in the year, however, his repose 
seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. 
At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
home. In accepting the command he made the 
reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
a seveie cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
in Irs throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
Mount Vernon. 

• Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
miration. The more we see of the operations of 
our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interes', 
the more highly we must estimate the force cf his tal- 
ent and character, which have been able to challenge 
the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- 
tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
be as.lasting as the existence of man. 

The person of Washington was unusally tali, erect 
and well jiroportioned. His muscular strength was 
gre.nt. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
He commanded respect without any appc:irarce of 
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[N ADAMS, the second 
, President and the first Vice- 
I'resident of the United States, 
was born in Braintree (now 
Quincy ),Mass., and about ten 
' miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
1735. His great-grandfather, Henry 
Adams, emigrated from England 
about 1 640, with a family of eight 
sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
parents of John were John and 
Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His 
father was a farmer of limited 
means, to which he added the bus- 
iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
tion at Harvard College. John 
graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 
'sci.ool of nffiiction," from whi<:h Iv; endeavored to 
gain .elief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
study of l.iw. For this i)ur[)Ose he placed himself 
under the tuition of the oiily lawyer in the town. He 
h.id thought seriously of the clerical profession 
bi'.t scen^.s to have been turned from this by wlir.t he 
termed "the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
cils, cf dialx)lical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' 
of ll.c o|.er;itions of which he had been a witness in 
his n.itivo town. He was well fitted for tlie legal 
•j-rofe-osion, \x)ssessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
ready and fluent of si)eecli, and having 'juick |)ercei> 
•.ivj j-owers. lie gradually gained practice, and in 
1764 m.irried Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
and . I lady of sui^erior intelligence. Shortly after his 
marriat^e, (i7'''5), llie attempt of Parliamentary laxa- 
'ion turn-id him from l.iw to politics. He look initial 
.itcps toward holdin^, i town meeting, and the resolu- 



tions he offered on the subject became very [xapulai 
throughout the Province, and were adopted word foi 
word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- 
ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
and prominent advocatesof the [wpular cause, and 
was chosen a member of the General Court fihc Leg- 
lislature) in 1770. 

Mr. Adams was chosen one of tlie fust delegate; 
from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congrc;s, 
which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself 
by his capacity for business and for del»ate, and ad- 
vocated the movement for indei)endence against t'.n 
majority of the members. In May, 1776, he mcved 
and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonics 
should assume tlie duties of self-government. He 
was a prominent member of the committee of ^ive 
appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
Congress in a three days debate. 

On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th? 
glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife 
which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictate;" 
by the spirit of prophecy. " Vesterday, ' he says, "t'.ie 
greatest ipiestion was decided that ever was debated 
in .America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil 
be decided among men. A resolution was passed 
without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourili of 
July, 1776, will be a memorable ej^och in the history 
of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary 
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of 
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion lo Almighty 
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games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
time forward for ever. You will think me transjxirted 
with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can seethe 
rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
worth more than all the means; and that posterity 
will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
hope we shall not." 

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms ^nd money 
from the French Government. This was a severe trial 
to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
1779. In September of the same year he was again 
cliosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi- 
ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
might be found willing to listen to such proposels. He 
sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
Holhmd, where he negotiated important loans and 
formed i:nportant commercial treaties. 

Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed 
threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con- 
tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
was advised to go to England to drink the waters of 
Bath. \Vhile in England, still droopinganddes[X)nd- 
ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
storm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made the trip. 

February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams 
envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
condescend to appoint a minister to the United 
States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom- 
plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
iiis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. 

When Washington was first chosen President, John 
Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
home and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\gain 
at the second election of Washington as President, 
Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
elected President, though not without much opposition. 
Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by 
Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 

While Mr. Adams was Vice President the great 



French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, 
and it was upon this point which he was at issue with 
the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. 
Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
in tlieir struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
class of at heist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ- 
ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
were with England and Jefferson led the other in 
sympathy with France. 

The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
had died away, and he had begun to receive that just 
appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
after death. No one could look upon his venerable 
form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
and how he had given up all the prime and strength 
of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
institution which he had been so active in creating and 
supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled 
to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
station in the gift of the people. 

The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half 
century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
signers of that immortal instrument left upmn the 
earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
well known, on that day two of these finished their 
earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as 
to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
dependence FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew 
what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and 
glorious day." The last words he uttered were, 
"Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
signed his spiiit into the hands of his God. 

The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, 
as his portrait manifests.was intellectual ard expres- 
sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his 
manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
the manners and address of Jefferson. 



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HOMAS JEFFERSON was 

)oin Ai)ril 2, 1743, at Sliad- 
3|>\vell, Alberiiiarle county, Va. 

His parents were Peter and 
Jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
tlictbrmer a native of Wales, 
and the latter born in Lon- 
don. To them were born six 
daughters and two sons, of 
whom Tiiomas was the elder. 
When 14 years of age his 
fatiiev died. He received a 
most liberal education, hav- 
ing been kept diligently at school 
from the time he was five years of 
age. In 1760 he entered William 
£.nd Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion 
a.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine 1 
horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he I 
was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irrei)roacha- 
able in his morals. It is strange, however, under 
such influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
ond year of his college course, moved by some un- , 
explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had 
previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
houre a day to hard study, allowing himself for e.v- 
ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
of the city and back again. He thus attained very 
high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and 



there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 

Imuiedialely upon leaving college he began the 
study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosei 
a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 
1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti- 
ful, wealthy and highly accom()lished young widow 

Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, there 
was a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which 
commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye' 
elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon 
became the most distinguished resort in our land. 

In 1775 he was sent to the Cdonial Congress, 
where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
was placed uix)n a number of important committees, 
and was chairman of the one apiwinted for the draw- 
ing up of a declaration of independence. This ccm- 
mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John .\dams. 
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiwinted 
to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
in it by Congress, and it was (lassed and signed July 
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man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
America, was also to publish her to the world, free, 
ooverign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort 
i;f ihe mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 

In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
Patrick Henry, i.s Governor of Virginia. At one time 
the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
Monticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
hi the summer of 1782 she died. 

Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
Two yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State 
in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
Jan. r, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
dent, and four years later was elected President over 
Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unaniniiiy, 
and George Clinton, Vice President. 

The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
tiou was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con- 
spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
to the Vice Presidency, and led on. by an un[:rincipled 
ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
military expedition intc the Spanish territories on our 
southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
character. 

In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
.arty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
.ic, and all that time had been employed in offices of 
the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
declining years required, and upon the organization of 
the new administration, in March, 1809, he b'd fare- 
well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 

Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality, ^^"hole 
families came in their coaches with their horses, — 
fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
fashionable watering-place. 

The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- 



sary of the Declaration of Anrerican Independence, 
great preparations were made in every part of the 
Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer. 
and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill- 
ness, whicli had been of several weeks duration, and 
had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
decline the invitation. 

On the second of July, the disease under which 
he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
state that his medical attendants, entertained ne 
hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly 
sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next 
day, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish that 
he might be permitted to breathe the airof the fiftieth 
anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, 
burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
life ! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
the day which his own name and his own act had 
rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and 
festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 

Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
him coinpany, left the scene of his earthly honors. 
Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of 
freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
century they had labored together for the good of 
the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
In their lives they had been united in the same great 
cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not 
divided. 

In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
white and silvery; his comijlexion was fair, his fore- 
head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and 
thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
well as personal courage ; and his command of tem- 
per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and 
his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is 
discernable the care with which he formed his style 
upon the best models of antiquity. 



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\7 AMES MADISON, "Father 
I) of the Constitution,^' and fourth 
President of the United States, 
was born March i6, 1757, and 
^ died at his home in Virginia, 
/^ Juno 28, 1836. The name of 
James Madison is inseparably con- 
nected with most of the important 
events in that heroic period of our 
country during which the founda- 
tions of this great repubUo were 
laid. He was the last of the founders 
of the Constitution of the United 
Stales to 1)6 called to his eternal 
reward. 

The Madison family were among 
the early emigrants to the New World, 
landing \\\to\\ the shores of the Chesa- 
peake but 15 years after the settle- 
ment of Jamestown. The father of 
James Madison was an opulent 
planter, residing ui^n a very fine es- 
tate called " Montpelier," Orange Co., 
Va. The mansion was situated in 
the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
esque and romantic, on tiie west side 
of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
Hlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from tlie home of 
JelTerson at Monticello. The closest personal and 
l>oliiical attachment existed between these illustrious 
men, from tlieir early youth until death. 

I'lie early education of Mr. Madison was conducted 
mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
1 8 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
}{ere he applied himself to stu.ly with the most im- 



prudent zeal ; allowing himself, for months, but tliree 
hours' sleep o\it of the 24. His health thus became so 
seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
of constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble 
body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
mind liighly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf 
([uent career. 

Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study oJ 
law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
wiiich he lived, and the society with which he asso- 
ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of 
a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
mind, and his frail health-leading him to think that 
his life was not to be long, he diiected especial atten- 
tion to theological studies. ?:ndowed with a nund 
singularly free from passion and prejudice, and wiih 
almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weiijhed 
all the arguments for .and against revealed religion, 
until his faith became so established as never to 
be shaken. 

In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
(,^y^)_ l,e was a candidate for the General .Assembly. 
I He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and 
conseipiently lost his election; but those who had 
witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
and he was .qipointed to the E.veculive Council. 

Both P.iirick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
Oovernorsof Virginia while Mr. Madison remained 
member of the Council ; and their appreciation of his 



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intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
T 7 80, he was elected a member of the Continental 
Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
the most conspicuous positions among them. 

For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
In the year 1784, his teru) having expired, he was 
elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 

No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
utter inefhciency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
tional government, with no power to form treaties 
which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
the declaration, that an efficient national government 
must be formed. In January, 1786, jMr. Madison 
carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
Virginia, inviting the other States to apiioint commis- 
sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
the time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island 
was represented. George Washington was chosen 
president of the convention; and the present Consti- 
tution of the United States was then and there formed. 
There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
and the pen of James Madison. 

The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was 
to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
States, with but little power at home and little respect 
abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
went into effect in 1789. 

Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
New York attending Congress, he met Mrs, Todd, a 
young widow of remarkable power of fascination, 
whom he married. She was in person and character 
queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occu|)ied 
so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
Madison. 

Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. 



British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and 
our flag was e.vposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison 
was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 
in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the 
meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood 
boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought 
to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. 
A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- 
ance he selects any number whom he may please to 
designate as British subjects; orders them down the 
ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gun- 
deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
battles of England. This right of search and im- 
pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
the British cabinet to relinquish. 

On the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave 
his approval to an act of Congress declaring war 
against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country 
in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th 
of March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority, 
and entered upon his second term of office. This is 
not the place to describe the various adventures of 
this war on the land and on the water. Our infant 
navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
pling with the most formidable power which ever 
swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
18 r3, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
coast of the United States under blockade. 

The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
of the Patu.xet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
peake Bay, and inarched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
burg, upon Washington. 

The straggling little city of \\'ashington was thrown 
into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. 
The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White 
House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers 
in a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed, 
and he could not go back without danger of being 
captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 
Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
Washington were in flames. 

The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
Feb. 13, 1 8 15, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. 

On the 4th of March, 1S17, his second term of 
office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
son died July 12, 1849. 




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AMES MONROE, the fifth 
.I'residentof The United States, 
was born in Westmoreland Co., 
Va., April 28, 1758. His early- 
life was passed at the place of 
nativity. His ancestors had for 
many years resided in the prov- 
ince in which he was born. When, 
\ at 17 years of age, in the process 
■ of completing his education at 
Ailliam and Mary College, the Co- 
inial Congress assembled at Phila- 
delphia to deliberate uix)n the un- 
just and manifold oppressions of 
Oreat Britian, declared the separa- 
tion of the Colonies, and- promul- 
gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
probable that he would have been one of the signers 
of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
school and enlisted among the patriots. 

He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
from day to day. The invading armies came iwuring 
in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
(Kjlitical emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
ranks, and es|X3used the cause of his injured country, 
with a firm determination to live or die with her strife 



for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the niel- 
anclioly retreat from Harleam Heights and White 
Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 
before its foes through New Jersey. In four months 
after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- 
ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left 
shoulder. 

As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ))ro- 
moted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered 
from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
receded from the line of jiromotion, by becoming an 
officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy 
wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued 
aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
jxjsition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Ujion 
this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
that ])etiod Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
lint on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun- 
teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 

In 17S2, he was elected from King George county, 
a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that 
Ixxly he was elevated to a seat in the E.xecuiive 
Council. He was thus honored with the confidence 
of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age; and having 
at this early period displayed some of that ability 
and apliiuile for legislation, which were afterward.^ 
employed with unremitting energy for the jjublic good, 



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JAMES MONROE. 



he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
the Congress of the United States. 
Deeply as Mr. Monroe fjlt the imperfections of the old 
Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
-.hinking, with many others of *,he Republican party, 
'.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
supporters, and who, notwithstanding" his opposition 
secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
of the United States Senate; which oftice he held for 
four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- 
arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
strict construction of tlie Constitution as to give the 
Central Government as little power, and the State 
Governments as much power, as the Constitution would 
warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
stitution, which would give as much power to the 
Central Government as that document could possibly 
authorize. 

The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and 
James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
building up this majestic nation, which is destined 
to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
right equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
nounced as almost a demon. 

Washington was then President. England had es- 
poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
tween these contending powers. France had helped 
\;s in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
of Europe were now combined to prevent the French 
from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
thai; that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more 
magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
magnanimity. 

Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
in France w-ith the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 



Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- 
roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
office for three yeais. He was again sent to France to 
co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
the vast territory then known as the Province of 
Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
tained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc- 
cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
which was ever made in all the history of the world. 

.From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
tain from that country some recognition of our 
rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
odious impressments of our seamen. But Eng- 
land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
land on the same mission, but could receive no 
redress. He returned to his home and was again 
chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
to accept the position of Secretary of .State under 
: Madison. Wlrile in this office war with England was 
declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
these trj'ing times, the duties of the War Department 
were also put upon him. He was truly the amior- 
bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
business man in his cabinet. Upon the return* of 
peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec 
tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
been chosen President with l)ut little opposition, and 
upon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years 
later he was elected for a second term. 

Among the important measures of his Presidency 
were the cession of Floiida to the United States; the 
Missourr Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.'- 

This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe 
doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. .^t that 
time the United States had recognized the independ- 
ence of the South American states, and did not wish 
to have European powers longer attempting to sub- 
due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt 
on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
or controlling American governments or provinces in 
any other light than as a manifestation by European 
powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
States." This doctrine immediately affected the course 
of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
senriment of the United States. 

At the end of liis f econd term Mr Monroe retired 
to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830, 
when he went to New Vork to live with his son-in- 
law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831 




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OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
5§ sixth President of the United 
"i?!* Stales, Was born in the rural 
home of his honored father. 
John Adams, in Qaincy, Mass., 
^>^- on the 1 ith cf July, 1767. His 
mother, a woman of exalted 
worth, watched over his childhood 
during the almost constant ab- 
sence of his father. When but 
eight years of age, he stood with 
his motiier on an eminence, listen- 
ing to the booming of the great bat- 
tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
upon the smoke and flames billow- 
ing up from the conflagration of 
Charlestown. 

When but eleven years old he 
took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
to sail with his fatner for Europe, 
through a fleet ot liostile British cruisers. The bright, 
animated boy spent a year and a half in Paiis, where 
his f.ither was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
from them flattering marks of attention. 

Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
cou..try, in 1779, ere he was again sentabroad. Again 
tbi'.n Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
applied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
to jtudy; then accompained his father to Holland, 
vmere he entered, first a school in .Amsterdam, then 
the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
time, in 178 1, when the manly boy was but fourteen 
yea-T of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- 
ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 

Tn this school of incessant labor and of enol)ling 
culture he s|)ent fourteen months, and then returned 
to Holland through .Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the 
winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed 
his studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence, 



in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father \z 
Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance 
with the most distinguished men on the Con;inent; 
examining arcnitectural remains, galleries of paintings, 
and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again 
became associated with the most illustrious men of 
all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
themes which can engross the human mind. Afte' 
a short visit to England he returned to Paris, and 
consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
when he returned to America. To a brilliant young 
man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, 
and who was familiar with the etitjuette of courts, a 
residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
ferred to return to America to complete his education 
in an American college. He wished then to study 
law, that with an honorable profession, he might be 
able to obtain an independent support. 

Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty 
he studied law for thiee years. In June, 1794, be- 
ing then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
pointed by Washington, resident minister at the 
Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached 
London in October, where lie was immediately admit- 
ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, 
assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with 
Great Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight in 
London, he proceeded to the Hague. 

In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as 
minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal, 
upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
directing him to the court of Beihn, luit requesting 
him to remain in London until he should receive his 
instructions. While waiting he was mairied to an 
American lady to whom he had been previously en- 
gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter 
of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American con5ul in london; 
a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom- 
plishment which eminently fitted her to move in the 
elevated sphere for which she was destined. 



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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- 
filled all the purixises of his mission, he solicited his 
recall. 

Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
among the most prominent and influential members 
of that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
these points, and no one more resolved to present 
a firm resistance. 

In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
at Boston, in August, 1809. 

While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
European system of weights, measures, and coins ; to 
the climate and astronomical observations; while he 
kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
I.atin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a 
more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
All tlirough life the Bible constituted an iniportar.t 
part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
chapters every day. 

On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. 
.'Vdanis Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- 
erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
sailed in June, 18 19, for the United States. On the 
i8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
roe's administration, Mr, Adams continued Secretary 
of State. 

Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second 
term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
sev'en. As there was no choice liy the people, the 
question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
he was elected. 

The friends of all the disappointed candidates now- 
combined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in 
■the cast history of our country than the abuse which 



was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
high-minded, upriglit; patriotic man. There never was 
an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- 
haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
lously and outrageously assa.'^d. 

Mr. Adams was, to a very •■markable degree, ab- 
stemious and temperate in hi • habits; always rising 
early, and taking much exerc.se. When at his home in 
Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
often long before dawn. 

On the 4th of March, 1S29, Mr. Adams retired 
from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew- 
Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- 
dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
ixirtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
"the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The 
battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against 
the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime 
in Its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
was threatened with indictment b\' the grand jury, 
with expulsion from the House, with assassination; 
but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
triumph was complete. 

It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
he slept, the pra}er which his mother taught him in 
his infant years. 

On the 2 ist of February, 1848, he rose on the floor 
of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
said " This is the end of earth ,-"tlien after a moment's 
pause he added, '' J am content" These were the 
last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent." 




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SEVENTH PRESIIjENT. 



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7 NDREW JACKSON, the 
■ seventh President ol' the 
United States, was born in 
Waxhaw settlement, N. C, 
Marcli 15, 1767, a few days 
after his father's deatli. His 



parents were poor emigrants 
from Ireland, and took up 
their abode in Waxhaw set- 
tlement, where they lived in 
deepest poverty. 
Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
universally called, grew up a very 
rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
features were coarse, his form un- 
gainly; and there was but very 
little in his character, made visible, which was at- 
tractive. 

Wiien only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
teers of Carolina against tlie British invasion. In 
1781, he and his brother Robert were cajjtured and 
imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the rejily of 
the dauntless boy. 

The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desi)erate 
Dlow at the head of the helpless young ])risoner. 
.Vndrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other u|X)n the 
head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which (luite 
disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and 
were finally stricken with the small-jxax. Their 
mother was successful in obtaining their e-xchanye. 



and took her sick boys home, .\fter a long illnosE 
.\ndrew recovered, and the death of his mother ^oon 
left him entirely friendless. 

Andrew supported himself in various ways, s i;lia3 
working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
times than to his studies. In 1788, he was apiwinted 
solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of 
which Tennessee was then a part. This involved 
many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, 
and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish 
witn the Sharp Knife. 

In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
Creat was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
to find that the conditionsof the divorce had just been 
definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. 
Jackson into disfavor. 

During these years he worked hard at his profes- 
sion, and frecpientlv had one or more duels on hand, 
one of which, when he killed Pickenson, was espec- 
ially disgraceful. 

In January, 1796, the Territorj- of Tennessee then 
containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the 
people met in convention at Kno.wille to frame a con- 
stitution. Five were sent from eacii of the eleven 
counties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. 
The new State was entitled to but one member in 
the National House of Representatives. Andrew Jack- 
son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 



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ANDREW JACKSON. 



sessions, — a distaace of about eight hundred miles. 

Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Dcno- 
cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired 
Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. .Vs Mr. 
Jackson took his seal, Gjn. Washington, whose 
second term of office was then expiring, delivered his 
last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
did not approve of the address, and was one of the 
twelve who vofed against it. He was not willing to 
say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been 
" wise, firm and patriotic." 

Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
Soon af'er lie was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
of liis State, which position he held f-,r si.x years. 

When the war of 1812 with Great Britian com- 
menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
Aaron B'lrr sent word to the President thnt there was 
an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
would do credit to a commission if one were con- 
ferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
offeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops 
were assembled at Nashville. 

As the British were hourly e.xpected to make an at- 
tack r.p-jn New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was 
in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The 
expedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev - 
eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
devotion to the conirfort of his soldiers, won him 
golden opinions; and lie became the most popular 
man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickorv. ' 

SoDn after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. 
Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the 
Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white sel- 
lers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
tance, gav3 his amazing energies to the raising of an 
army to rendezvous at Fayeltesville, .\labama. 

The Creek Indians had established a strong fore on 
one of the bends of the TallaiJoosa River, near the cen- 
ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
With an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson 
traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
days. He reached their fort, called Toliopeka or 
Horse-shoe, on tl-re 27th of March. 1814. Ihe Ijend 



of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- 
work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 

Tlie fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
perate. Not an Indian would accept of tjuarter. When 
bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
ing until dark, the battle raged. Tlie carnage was 
awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
they swam. Nearly every one of the nine hundred war- 
rios were killed .\ few probably, in the night, swam 
the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, 
so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants 
of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 

This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
allies of the Indiansi No man of less resolute will 
tiian Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
was appointed major-general. 

Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
men, on a rushing march. Gen. Jackson came to 
Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed 
a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 

Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little 
army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
.■\nd the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
won a signal victory over the British army of about 
nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 

The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
tioned in connection with the Presidency, but.in 1824, 
he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
successful in the election of r828, and was re-elected 
for a second term in 1832. In r829, just before he 
assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
her death he never recovered. 

His administration was one of the most memorable 
in the annals of our country; applauded by one party, 
condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
enemies or warmer fiiends. At the expiration of his 
two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
he died Tune 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 




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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 



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ARTIN VANf BUREN, the 
^hth President of the 
nited States, was born at 
Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 
1 7 82. He died at the same 
[)lace, July 24, 1862. His 
body rests in the cemetery 
at Kinderhook. Above it is 
a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
high, bearing a simple inscription 
about half way up on one face. 
The lot is unfenced, unbordered 
or unbounded by shrub or flower. 

There is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren 
of romantir. interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in 
[wlitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
signal victories, his days i)assed uneventful in those 
incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, 
also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
ligence and exemplary piety. 

He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
us'.ial activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
in his native village, and commenced the study of 
law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven 
years of study in a law-office were re piired of him 
before he could be admitted to the bar. Insjjired with 
a lofty ambition, and conscious of his (jowers, he ])ur- 
sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After 
blinding six ye.ir* in an office in his native village. 



he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his 
studies for the seventh year. 

In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of 
age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van 
Buren was from the lieginning a politician. He had, 
perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the 
many discussions which had been carried on in his 
father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
cause of State Rights ; though at that time the Fed- 
eral party held the supremacy both in his town 
and State. 

His success and increasing ruputation led him 
after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th. 
county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years 
constantly gaining strength by contending in tlu 
courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
the bar of his State. 

Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. 
Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
beauty and acconii)lishments. After twelve short 
years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over 
her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was 
an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
In 1812, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to 
the .State Senate, and gave his strenuous supiwrt to 
Mr. Madison's adniinstration. In 1S15, he was ajv 
pointed .Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
to Albany, the capital of the Slate. 

'A'Jiile he was acknowledged ;is one of the most 
p Duiinent leaders of the Deiiioc'?.iic Darty, l:e h; d 



MARTIN VAN BUREN. 



the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
nut require th.it " universal suffrage" which admits 
the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
governing the State. In true consistency with his 
democratic princijiles, he contended that, while the 
path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
to every man without distinction, no one should be 
invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
and some property interests in the welfare of the 
State. 

In 182 1 he was elected a member of the United 
States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
native State. His course in this convention secured 
the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote tlie 
interests of all classes in the community. In the 
Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. 

In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
the Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
"State Rights" view in opposition to what was 
deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 

Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
garded throughout the United States as one of the 
most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
It was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
to touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all 
the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
organize a political army which would, secreily and 
stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
these powers it is said that he outv/itted Mr. Adams, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
leu- thought then could be accomplished. 

When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
apix/inted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of Stae. This 
position he resigned in 1831, a.nd was immediately 
appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
s.ime autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
refused to ratify the nomination, and he leturned 



home, apparently imtroubled ; was nominated Vice 
President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election 
of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and 
fiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that 
Senate which had refused to confirm liis nomination 
as ambassador. 

His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of 
President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu- 
tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
Jackson as President of the United States He was 
elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
retiring President. "Leaving New York out of the 
canvass," says Mr. Parton, 'the election of Mr. Van 
Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
upon him the power to appoint a successor." 

His administration was filled with exciting events. 
The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in 
volve this country in war with England, the agitation 
of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
and brought the President into such disfavor that he 
failed of re election. 

Wiih tlie exception of being nominated for the 
Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
his death. 

He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal hubits, 
and living within his income, liad now fortunately a 
competence for his declining years. His unblcniislied 
character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
patriotism, and the distinguished [lositions which, lie 
had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald^ 
he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
of the country. From this time until his death, on 
the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he 
resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old 
age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
experienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life. 




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NINTH PRESIDENT. 



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ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- 
SON, the ninth President of 
the United States, was born 
at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
His father, Benjamin Harri- 
son, was in comparatively op- 
ulent circumstances, and was 
one of the most distinguished 
men of liis day. He was an 
intimate friend of George 
\Vashington, was early elected 
a member of the Continental 
Congress, and was conspicuous 
among the patriots of Virginia in 
resisting the encroachments of tlie 
British crown. In the celebrated 
Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
rison and John Hancock were 
both candidates for the office of 
si)eaker. 

Mr Harrison was subsequently 
chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
was twice re-elected. His son, 
i William Henry, of course enjoyed 

in childhood all the advantages which wealtli and 
intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
ing received a thorough common-school education, he 
entered HamixJen .Sidney College, where he graduated 
with honor soon after the death of his father. He 
-hen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine imder 
the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianshii) of 
Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

IJlx)n the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he 
aoandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi- 



dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. 
From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
death lie resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
Territory was then entitled to but one memlier in 
Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
lX)sition. 

In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
was divided by Congress into two jxirtions. The 
eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
in the State of Ohio, was called '" The Territory 
north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil- 
liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was a|j- 
pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
Upper Ixjuisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
extensive a realm as any sovereign ujxjn the globe. He 
was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
vested with [xjwers nearly dictatorial over the now 
rapidly increasing white [wpulation. The ability and 
fidelity with which he discharged these resix)nsible 
duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
tiijies apixjinted to this office — first by John Adams, 
twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
dent Madison. 

When he began his adminstration there were but 
three white settlements in that almost Iwundless region, 
now crowded with cities and resotmding with all the 
tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements 
was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Ix)uisville; one at 
Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French 
settlement. 

The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisoii 
reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Abou- 



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WILLIAM . HENR Y HARRISON. 



the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, 
of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of 
these was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 
Panther;" the other, OUiwacheca, or " The Prophet." 
Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might 
engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- 
grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was 
an orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
Indian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which 
they dwelt. 

But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, 
in the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
by the Great Spirit. 

Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
the Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- 
canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
October 28, 1812, his army began its march. When 
near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 

But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
tations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
campment, he took every precaution against surprise. 
His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept 
upon their arms. 

The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his 
loaded musket by his side, and his ba)onet fixed. The 
wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
ble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
the desperation which superstition and passion most 
highly inflamed could give, ujxjn the left flank of the 
little ami}'. The savages had been amply provided 
with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 

The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
tus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a 
si>eedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous 
charge with the l)ayonet, and swept every thing be- 
fore them, and completely routing the foe. 



Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but 
with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
ing, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier 
was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
Under these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison 
was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 

It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but 
General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re 
sponsibilities. 

He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing 
with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while 
pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
valise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
lashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers, 
his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
before the fire, without bread or salt. 

In 18 16, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of 
the National House of Representatives, to represent 
the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested 
the attention of all the members. 

In iSrg, Harrison was elected to the Senate ol 
Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 

In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
Van Buren, but he was defeated. At tlie close of 
Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nomirated by his 
party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
by the Whigs, with John Tyler forthe Vice Presidency. 
The contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave 
all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
his triumph was signal. 

Tlie cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
brilliant with which any President had ever been 
surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
pleurisv-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
ness, died on tlie 4th of April ; just one month after 
his inauguration as President of the United States. 





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TENTH PRESIDENT. 



SS 





OHN TYLER, the tenth 

f,i^. Presidentof the United States. 

^1 , i«i^s)i« ' ■/ He was born in Charles-city 

"^ (S^S^®' ^'^■' ^*' ^''^'"'^'^ -9' '79°- ^^ 
1 ^- • • B ^.^^ ji^g favored child of af- 
fluence and high social po- 
sition, .^t the early age of 
twelve, John entered William 
and Mary College and grad- 
uated with much honor when 
but seventeen years old. .\fter 
graduating, he devoted him- 
self with great assiduity to the 
study of law, partly with his 
father and pirtly with Edmund 
Randoljih, one of the most distin- 
guished lawyers of Virginia. 

.\t nineteen years of age, ne 
commenced the practice of law. 
His success was rapid and aston- 
ishing. It is said that three 
mouths had not elapsed ere there 
was scarcely a case on the dock- 
et of the court in wliich ho was 
r.ot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he 
was almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State 
Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
unanimous vote or his county. 

When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected 
a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national 
bank, internal imj)rovements by the General Govern- 



ment, a protective tarifT, and advocating a strict con- 
struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
were so arduous that before the close of his second 
term h2 found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
in promotitig public works of great utility. With a 
reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
by a very large majority of votes, (jovernor of his 
native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
cessful one. His [Kipularity secured his re-election. 

John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
and brought forward John Tyler as his op|X)nent, 
considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
Roanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor. 

In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
tion. He opiX)sed the tariff; he s[X)ke against and 
voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren- 
uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
eral tlovernment, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
Jackson, by his op|)Osition to the nullifiers, had 
abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. 
Such was Nlr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
in perfect accordance with the principles which he 
had always avowed. 

Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
his profession. There was a ; plit in the Democratic 



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JOHN TYLER. 



party. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
torty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
tation. Soon after this he remo\ ed to Williamsburg, 
for the better education of his children ; and he again 
took his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 

By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
r83g. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment ot 
the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
thy with the Whig party in the North : but the Vice 
President has but very little power in the Govern- 
ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
Democratic Vice President were chosen. 

In T841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States. In one short month from 
that time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
thus found himself, to his own surprise and that of 
the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
une.xpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
April was inaugurated to the high and responsible 
office. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
delicacy and difficulty. All his longlife he had been 
ojjposed tc the main principles of the party which had 
brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own ? or, 
on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
mony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- 
lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
vited the cabinet which President Harrison had 
selected to retain their seats. He reccommended a 
day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
bless us. 

The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
incor|X)ration of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
his veto. He susi^ested, however, that he >vould 



approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. 
It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. 
Icis said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
Botts, a distinguished Virginia W'hig, who severely 
touched the pride of the President. 

The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
denounced him bitterly. AH the members of his 
cabinet, e.vcepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
l)etween the Whigs and President Tyler were at 
an end. 

Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
appointed a new cabmet of distinguished Whigs and 
Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
men. Mr. AVebster soon found it necessary to resign, 
forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs 
and Democrats alike assailed him. Alore and more, 
however, he brought himself into sympathy with his 
old friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term, 
he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
Polk, the Democratic candidate for his successor. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and 
probably to his own unspeakable lelief. His first wife, 
Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
and in June, T844, President Tyler was again married, 
at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 

The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
est, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
his manners, richly furnished with information from 
books and experience in the world, and possessing 
brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
the scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient 
means for the exercise of a generous hos|iitality, he 
might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
storms of civil war which his own principles and 
policy had helped to introduce. 

When the great Rebellion rose, which the State- 
rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
houn had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his 
allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; 
and while engaged in active measures to destroy, b^ 
force of arms, the Government over which he had 
once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. 




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'''^ AMES K.POLK, the eleventh 
5;::,1 'resident of the United States, 
t, w.is horn in Mecklenburg Co., 
/J N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 
ents were Samuel and Jane 
(Knox) Polk, the former a son 
of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
at tlie above place, as one of the 
first pioneers, in 1735. 

In the year 1S06, with his wife 
and children, and soon after fol- 
lowed by most of the members of 
the Polk fainly, Samuel Polk emi- 
grated some two or tliree hundred 
miles farther west, to the rich valley 
of the Duck River. Here in the 
midst of tlie wilderness, in a region 
wiiich was subsequently called Mau- 
ry Co , tliey reared their log huts, 
and established their homes. In the 
hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
derness, James K. Polk spent the 
early years of his childhood and 
youth. His father, adding the pur- 
suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
' gradually increased in wealth until 

he became one of the leading men of the region. His 
mother was a superior woman, of strong common 
sense and earnest piety. 

Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
:i liberal education. His mother's training had made 
him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a 



sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 

This was to James a bitter disapiKjintment. He 
had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
were irksome in the extreme. He remained in ihis 
uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at liis 
earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon 
after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. AViih 
ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore 
class in the University of North Carolina, at Cha];el 
Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
service. 

He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be- 
ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
renewed his acquaintance with .\ndrew Jackson, who 
resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
slightly acquainted before. 

Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same jxjliii- 
cal faith. He was a jxjpular public speaker, and was 
constantly called uihdu to address the meetings of his 
party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that 
he was jxipularly called the NaiX)leon of the stump. 
He was a man of unblemished morals, genial aid 



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/AMES K. POLK. 



Murterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
nature in the jo)s and griefs of others which ever gave 
him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. 

In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
altogether worthy of him,- — a lady of beauty and cul- 
ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
for fourteen successive years, until r839, he was con- 
tinuec* in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
of lonnessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
alwoys in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
ambitious rhetorical display. 

During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, 
and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr. Polk per- 
formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
March, 1839. 

In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. . 

On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
ated President of the United States, The verdict of 
the countryin favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted 
its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
to be an act hostile to Mexico. 

In his first message. President Polk urged that 
Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
ceived into the Union on the same footing with the 
other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent 



with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was 
sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly 
two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
where he erected batteries which commanded the 
Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on 
the western banks. 

The anticipated collision soon took place, and war 
was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
called one of "observation,"' then of "occupation," 
then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
that the war was brought on. 

'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands, 
We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, 
all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. Tin's 
was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
of this war, vi'e expended twenty thousand lives and 
more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 

On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from 
office, having served one term. The next day was 
Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
and his health was good. With an ample fortune, 
a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
of tranquility and hapj^iness were before him. But the 
cholera — that fearful scourge— was then sweeping up 
the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth 
year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 



TIVELFTJI PRESIDENT. 



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ACHARY TAYLOR, iwdftli 
resident of the United States, 
was born on the 24ih of Nov., 
1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 
father, Colonel Taylor, was 
a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
tinguished patriot and soldier of 
the Revolution. When Zachary 
was an infant, his fatlier with his 
wife and two children, emigrated 
to Kentucky, wiiere he settled in 
iiie pathless wilderness, a few 
miles from Louisville. In thisfront- 
■SiiS* ier home, away from civilization and 
I all its refinements, young Zachary 
could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
Mther remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- 
acter He was strong, fearless and self-reliant, and 
'Manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight 
the Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his 
childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. 
In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady 
from one of the first families of Maryland. 

Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
land, in 18 1 2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
ness by Gen. Harrison,on his march to Tipi)ecanoe. 
It was one of the first jwints of attack by the Indians, 
".ed by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 



company of infantry numbering fifty mc-n, many of 
whom were sick. 

Early in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, siealihily, 
and in large numbers, moved ujion the fort. Their 
ai)proach was first indicated by the muidcr of tao 
soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
in the morning their chief \YOuld come to have a talk 
with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
them at a distance. 

The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, the 
garrison slept upon their arms. One hour btfore 
midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
and well, sprang to his ix)st. Every man knew that 
defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cajv 
ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
ceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses- 
Until si.x o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
continued. The savages then, baffled at every [xjint, 
and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
rank of major by brevet. 

Until the close of the war. Major Taylor was placed 
in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 



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ZACHARY TAYLOR 



tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of 
colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in 
the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 

For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m 
employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to com])el 
the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
hac' promised they should do. The services rendered 
heie secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated 
tc ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
mand of the United States troops in Florida. 

After two years of such wearisome employment 
amidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor 
obtained, at his own request, a change of command, 
and was stationed over the Department of the South- 
west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
imposed upon him. 

In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico 
was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
Palnia, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
forces much larger than he commanded. 

His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
\.\\& sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 

The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
.-pread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
lettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- 
nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
claring that he was not at all qualified for such an 
office. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
for forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
who had been long years in the public service found 
tl.iir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 



had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
Vista. It Is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 

Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
pared such few communications as it was needful 
should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. 
Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good 
old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
was pushing its claims with tireless energy , expedi- 
tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
Indians 

In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. 
His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am 
ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la- 
mented his death. 

Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and trutliful 
description of his character: — " With a good store of 
common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- 
plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or liis hat 
a little on one side of his head ; or an officer to leave 
a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
' touch with a pair of tongs.' 

"Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, 
few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor-- 
saving contempt for learning of every kind." 





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TIIIR TEENTJi PR US I DENT. 



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ILLARO FILLMORE, thir- 
teenth President of the United 
States, was born at Summer 
Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
the 7th of January, 1800. His 
father was a farmer, and ow- 
ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 
cumstances. Of his mother, the 
daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
said that she [wssessed an intellect 
of very high order, united with much 
personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
position, graceful manners and ex- 
quisite sensibilities. She died in 
1831 ; having lived to see her son a 
young man of distinguished [)roni- 
ise, though she was not pennitted to witness the liigh 
dignity which he finally attained. 

In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
'Tieans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
vantages for education in his early years. The com- 
mon schools, ivhich he occasionally attended were 
very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
^nd exi)ensive. Tliere was nothing then in his char- 
acter to indicate the brilliant career uixan which he 
was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; 
intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
When fourteen years of age, his father sent him 
some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
Livingston County, to leam the trade of a clothier. 
Neai' the mill there was a small villiage, whew some 



enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
to young Fillmore. His evenings were s{jent in read- 
ing. Soon eveiy leisure moment was occupied with 
books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate 
and the selections which he made were continually 
more elevating and instructive. He read histor)', 
biograjihy, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
kindled in his heart a desire to be something more 
than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- 
coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, 
educated man. 

The young clothier had now attained the age of 
nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance 
and cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened thai 
there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample 
pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter 
^Vood, — who was struck with the preiiossessing a!>- 
pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint- 
ance, and was so much imi)ressed with his ability and 
attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
young man replied, that he had no means of his own, 
no friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
tion had been very imperfect. But Judge ^\■ood had 
so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
offer was accepted. 

There is in many minds a strange delusion about; 
a collegiate education. \ young man is supjxjsed to 
be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col- 
lege. But many a boy loiters through university hal'; 
Hnd then enters a law office, who is by no means as 



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MILLARD FILLMORE. 



well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
tense mental culture. 

In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as 
admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
opportunity for a sudden rise in foitune or hi fame. 
Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
she might be called to fill, — -Miss Abigail Powers. 

His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
County. Though he had never taken a very active 
part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parlies, 
that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
unusual degn e the respect of his associates. 

In the autLMiin of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
the United States Congress He entered that troubled 
arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
national history. The great conflict respecting the 
national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
then raging. 

His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
liis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re- 
elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe- 
rience as a representative gave hmi strength and 
confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Everj' 
measure received his impress. 

Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
he was elected Comptroller of the State- 



Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the 
waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles 
with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be 
proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 

Under the influence of these considerations, the 
namesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
Fillmore Vice-President, of tlie United States. 

On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
about one year and four months after his inaugura- 
tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
dent. He appointed a verj' able cabinet, of which 
the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretar)' of .State. 

Mr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend 
with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
the inadequacy of all raeasuresof transient conciliation. 
The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
evitable that the power of the Government sliould 
soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
Fillmcre's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- 
more, having served one term, retired. 

In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874. 




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RANKLIN PIERCE, the 
foLirtcuiUh President of tlie 
'f United States, was born in 
Hillslwroiigh, N. H., Nov. 
23, 1804. His father was a 
Revolutionary soldier, who, 
with his own strong arm, 
hewed out a home in the 
wilderness. He was a man 
of inflexible integrity; of 
strong, thougii uncultivated 
mind, and an uncompromis- 
ing Democrat. The mother of 
Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
dent, affectionate. Christian wom- 
an. Franklin was the si.xth of eight children. 

Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
by instinct a gentleman; always si)eakingkind words, 
doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
which taught him what was agreeable. Witliout de- 
veloi)ing any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
devotion to bDoks. he was a good scholar; in body, 
in mind, in affections, a finely-developed lioy. 

When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
one of the most |K)pular young men in the college. 
The purity of his moral character, the unvarying 
courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 



genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. 
There was something very [)eculiarly winning in his 
address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- 
gree studied: it was the sinii)le outgushing of his 
own magnanimous and loving nature. 

Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
commenced tlie study of law in the office of Judge 
Woodbury, one of the most distinguislied lawyers of 
the State, and a man of great private worth. The 
eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his 
father's [jrominence as a public man, and the brilliant 
political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
tering, all tended to entice .Mr. Pierce into the faci- 
nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
the ardor of his nature he esixjused the cause of Gen. 
Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected 
to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
he served for four years. The last two years he was 
chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 

In 18.33, ^'^ the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
part in debates, he was faithful and lalxjrious in duty, 
and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
he was associatad. 

In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced 
his administration. He was the youngest member in 
the Senate. In the year 1834. he maaied Miss Jane 
Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
plishments, and one adinirably fitted to adorn every 
station with which her husband was honoied. Of the 



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three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
their parents in the grave. 

In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but 
the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
troops, at Newport, R, I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
self a brave and true soldier. 

When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
nents. He resimied the practice of his profession, 
very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
measures met cordially with his approval ; and he 
strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
guished as a "Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
safely trust in office to carry out their plans. 

On the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
States on the 4th of March, 1853. 



His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
country had ever experienced. The controversy be- 
tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its 
culminating point. It became evident that there was 
an " irrepressible conflict" between them, and that 
this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half 
free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
of the Union were borne to the North on every South- 
ern breeze. 

Such was the condition of affairs when President 
Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- 
ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded 
by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
Pierce were forgotten in deej) reprehension of his ad- 
ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 

On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
had died, and his only surviving child had been 
killed before his eyes by a railroad accident ; and his 
wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
alone in the world, without wife or child. 

When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- 
vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he 
had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice 
or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- 
ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
1869. He was one of the most genial and social of 
men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal 
Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen- 
erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- 
leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- 
people were often gladened by his material bounty. 





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AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
jicenth President of the United 
States, was born in a small 
frontier town, at the foot of the 
eastern ridge of the Allegha- 
nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on 
the 23d of April, 1791. The place 
wiiere the humble cabin of his 
father stood was called Stony 
Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
mantic spot in a gorge of the moun- 
tains, with towering summits rising 
grandly all around. His father 
was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
a jxxjr man, who had emigrated in 
1783, with little property save his 
own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
and, witii his young bride, plunged into the wilder- 
ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
cluded home, where James was born, he remained 
for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
advantages. When James was eight years of age, his 
father removed to the village of .Mercersburg, where 
his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His 
progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
velojied remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
the first scholars in the institution. His apiilication 
»o study was intense, anil yet his native jxjwers en- 



abled him to master the most abstruse subjects wiih 
facility. 

In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest 
honors of his class. He was then eighteen years of 
age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
an exuberant flow of animal sinrits. He immediately 
commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was 
but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose 
in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand 
with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but 
twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
cessfully defended before the State Senate 01 e of the 
judges of the State, who was tried uixDn articles of 
impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and 
there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- 
crative practice. 

In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
ten years he remained a member of the Lower House. 
During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally 
tried some ini[K)rtant case. In 1831, he retired 
altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
(piired an ample fortune. 

Gen. Jackson, uiion his elevation to the Presidency, 
apixjinted Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The 
duties of his mission he performed with ability, which 
gave satisfaction to all parties. Uixjn his return, in 
1833, he was elected to a seat in the L'nited States 
Senate. He there met, as his associates, V/ebster, 
Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated tl'.e meas- 
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sals against France, to enforce the payment of our 
claims against that country ; and defended the course 
of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
removal from office of those who were not the sup- 
porters of his administration. Upon this question he 
was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. 
He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging 
from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure 
against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. 
Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
States mails. 

As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- 
cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
that the reply should be returned, that Congress had 
no power to legislate upon the subject. " Congress," 
said he, "might as well undertake to interfere with 
slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
States where it now e.xists." 

Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of 
the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
the Nueces by the American troops into tlie disputed 
territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross 
the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
account of the course our Government pursued in that 
movement 

Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension 
of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his 
cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50, 
which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. 
Buchanan with the mission to England. 

In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
our country lias ever engaged. All the friends of 
slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 
1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
March 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 

Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
years were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
ten. His own friends, those with whom he liad been 
allied in political principles and action for years, were 
seeking the destruction of the Government, that tliey 
might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
£n this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 



ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
their assumptions. As President of the United States, 
bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws 
lie could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
lic. He therefore did nothing. 

The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer 
in the next Presidential canvass. The pio-slavery 
party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
the United States. 

Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slaverj' 
party was such, that he had been willing to offer them 
far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
operation of the Government to defend and extend 
the institution. 

As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of 
the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im- 
becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
declared that Congress had no power to enforce its 
laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which 
was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This 
was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with 
his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, " The 
Union must and shall be preserved!" 

South Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly 
three months before the inauguration of President 
Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. 
The rebel flag was raised in Charleston ; Fort Sumpter 
was besieged ; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
were seized; our depots of military stores were plun- 
dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were 
appropriated by the rebels. 

The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
and close the administration, so terrible in its weak- 
ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
scepter. 

The administration of President Buchanan was 
certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows 
of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion. 
H-^ died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868. 





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BRAHAM LINCOLN, the 
sixteenth President of tlie 
^United States, was horn in 
Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 
1809. About the year 1780, a 
man by the name of Abraluuu 
Lincoln left Virginia with his 
family and moved into the then 
wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
after this emigration, still a young 
man, while working one day in a 
field, was stealthily approached by 
an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
was left in e.xtrenie i)0verty with five 
little children, three boys and two 
girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
boys, was four years of age at his 
father's death. This Thomas was 
the father of Abraham Lincoln, the 
President of the United States 
whose name must henceforth forever be enrolled 
with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
Of course no record has been kept of the life 
of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
the ix)orest of the \x>or. His home was a wretched 
log-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
Education he had none; he could never either read 
or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- 
.ess, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
laborer in the fields of others. 

When twenty-eight years of age he buill a log- 
cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
second child was .\braham Lincoln, the subject of 
this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn 
a palace, doomed to toil and ])ine, and die in a hovel. 
" All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
ful son "I owe to my angel-mother. 

When he was eight years of age, his father sold his 



cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where 
two years later his mother died. 

Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
community around him. He could not have had a 
better school than this to teach him to put thoughts 
into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
books he could obtain were few ; but these he read 
and re-read until they were almost committed to 
memory. 

.\s the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
was the usual lot of humanity. Thi're were joys and 
griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister 
Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- 
ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr. 
Thomas Lincoln sold out his s(iuatter's claim in 1S30, 
and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. 

Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
until he saw the t'amily comfortably settled, and their 
sm.all lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
he announced to his father his intention to leave 
home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of 
education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
mind to the utmost of his [xiwer. He saw the ruin 
which ardent spirits were causing, and became 
strictly temperate; refusing to allow a dro|> of intoxi- 
cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in 
God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of the 
Lord thy Ood in vain;" and a profane expression he 
was never heard to \itter. Religion he revered. His 
morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
single vice. 

Voung Abraham woiked for a time as a hired lalorer 
among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, 
where he was em|>loyed in building a large flat-boat. 
In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down 
ihe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis- 
sissippi to New Orleans. Whali.-ver Abraham Lin- 
coln undertook, he i)erfomied so faithfully as to give 
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ture his employers were so well pleased, ihat \\\io\\ 
his return they placed a store and mill under his care. 

In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
Jackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem, 
His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
made this his business. In r834 he again became a 
candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
began his legal studies. When the Legislature as- 
sem])led he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
His success with the jury was so great that he was 
soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 

In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. 
In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
one of tlie leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most 
notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
slavery question, and he took the broad ground of 
.he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
test, but won a far higher prize. 

The great Republican Convention met at Chicago 
on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and 
strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
five thousand. .\n immense building called "The 
Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
ijrominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: 
and as little did he dream that he was to render services 
to his country, which would fi.K upon him the eyes of 
the whole <:ivilized world, and which would give him 
a place in the affections nf his countrymen, second 
cnly, if second, to that of Washington. 

Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
The tirade of abuse tliat vas poured upon this good 



and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was 
greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
high position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started 
for Washington, stopinng in all the large cities on his 
way making speeches. The whole journey was frought 
with much danger. iMany of the Southern States had 
already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
more had arranged, upon his arrival to "get up a row," 
and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
the plot. A secret and special train was provided to 
take him from HarrisL'urg, through Baltimore, at an 
unexpected hour of the night. The train started at 
half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi- 
cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- 
federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had 
started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
although great an.xiety was felt by all loyal people. 

In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
to Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other 
prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
important positions. 

During no other administration have the duties 
devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to 
the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
his own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he 
learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
trials, bo^.h personal and national. Contrary to his 
own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been 
made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
was announced that they would be present. Gen. 
Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
ing, with his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
it would be a disappointment if he should fail them, 
very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to 
the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth 
entered the bo,\ where the President and family were 
seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
next morning at seven o'clock. 

Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler. 
Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless 
anguisli. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
model. His name as tlie savior of his country "-iii 
live with that of Washington's, its father; hisc'^-.ntry- 
mcn being unable to decide whj. h k t'^e ureater. 





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JI7 (S^^^TTSi il^^ XDREW JOHNSON, seven- 







teentli President of the United 




States. The early life of 
Andrew Johnson contains but 
, the record of poverty, destitu- 

fy tion and friendlessness. He 
y was l)orn December 29, 1808, 
in Raleigh, X. C. His parents, 
belonging to the class of the 
■'[wor whites " of the South, were 
\ in such circumstances, that tliey 
could not confer even the slight- 
est advantages of education Ujwn 
their child. When Andrew was five 
years of age, his father accidentally 
lost nis life while herorically endeavoring to save a 
friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
was a ragged boy about the streets, sup|X)rted by the 
labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
her own hands. 

He then, having never attended a school one day, 
and being unable either to read or write, was aj)- 
prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
read from tlie siieeches of distinguished British states- 
men. .-Vndrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 

He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and 
with the assistance of some of his fellow-woiknien, 
lesmed his letters. He then called u|X)n the gentle- 
man to borrow the book of speeches. The owner, 



pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the boot 
but assisted him in learjiing to combine the letters 
into words. Under such difficulties he pressed oi. 
ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
at work in the sho]), and then robbing himself of rest 
and recreation to devote such time as he could to 
reading. 

He went to Tennessee m 1826, and located a' 
Greenville, where lie married a young lady who pws 
sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
alderman, and in 1830 tlccted him mayor, which 
position he held three years. 

He now began to take a lively interest in political 
affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
He became a very active member of the legislature, 
gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and sr. 
1840 "stum|)ed ilie State," advocating Martin Van 
Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition tothos^ 
of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired mud; 
readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
his reputation. 

In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843,116 
was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
elections, held that imjwrtant post for ten years. In 
1853, he was elected (iovernor of Tennessee, and 
was re-elected in 1855. In all these rcsiwnsible ixjsi- 
tions, he discharged his duties withdi-itinguished abi. 



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ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
United States Senator. 

Years before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated 
the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
and become merged in a population congenial to 
themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
promise measures, the two essential features of which 
were, that the white people of the Territories should 
be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
the ""ree States of the North should return to the 
South persons who attempted to escape from slavery. 

Mr. Johnson was neverashamedof his lowly origin: 
on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
said he on the floor of the Senate, " 1 do not forget 
that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
ior was the son of a carpenter." 

In the Charleston- Baltimore convention of i8l-j, ne 
twas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the Soutl;- 
;rn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- 
pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
established (he most stringent military rule. His 
numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 

1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 

1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
Jhey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
must be punished; that the Government will not 
always bear with its enemies; that it is strong not 
only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
administration, the history of which is so well known, 
was in utter im'.onsistency with, and the most violent 



opposition to. the principles laid down in that speech. 

In bis loose policy of reconstruction and general 
amnesty, he was opposed by Congress; and he char- 
acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In 
the beginnirig of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 

It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
side would have sustained the impeachment. 

The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
but little regarded. He continued, though impotent'y 
his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special 
session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the e.\-President 
made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
with every demonstration of respect. 





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■^A LYSSES S. GRANT, the 
,§) eighteenth President of the 
p>> United States, was born on 
V the 29th of April, 1822, of 
5 Christian parents, in a humble 
home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
his father moved to (leorge- 
town. Brown Co., O. In this re- 
mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
received a common-school edu- 
cation. At the age of seven- 
teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
the Milii'ary Academy at West 
Point. Here he was regarded as a 
ioiid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
fantry to one of the distant military ixjsts in the Mis- 
souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
Indians. 

The war with Mexico came. Lieut, (irant was 
sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first 
battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
Resacade la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
he performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
a route ex|X)sed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
grasped the niane of his horse, .ind hanging u|xiii one 
side uf the anir».;il, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 



From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
was apix)inted quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
battle of Molino del Rcy, he was promoted to a 
first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
pultepec. 

At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
turned wiili his regiment to Xew York, and was again 
sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
tion of a small farm near St. Ix)uis, Mo. He had but 
little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
the leather business, with a younger brother, at (ia- 
lena, 111. This was in the year i860. .As the tidings 
of the rebels firing on Fort Sunipter reached the ears 
of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
"Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though 
I have served him through one war, I do not feel that 
I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready lodischarge 
my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword 
and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 

He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- 
unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
the capital of the Slate, where their services were 
offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, imjiressed by 
the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
volunteer organization that was l)eing fornied in the 
Slate in behalf of the Government. On the i5ih of 



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Tune, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
Colonel of the Twenty-fust Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
General and was jilaced in command at Cairo. The 
rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth 
of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
stripes were unfurled in its stead. 

He entered the service with great determination 
and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and 
effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
immediately made a M.njor-General, and the military 
district of Tennessee was assigned to him. 

Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how 
to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf 

Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then 
followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
and enter upon Kh^ duties of his new office. 



Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of 
the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National 
troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal 
capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- 
sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
.Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
were burdened with closely packed thousands. His 
plans were comprehensive and involved a series of 
campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 

The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- 
vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
the country brought him conspicuously forward as the 
Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 

At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the 
Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
electoral votes. 

The National Convention of the Republican party 
which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, 
placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term 
by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
electoral votes being cast for him. 

Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant 
started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
and was everywhere received with such ovations 
and demonstrations of respect and honor, private 
as well as public and official, as were never before 
bestowed upon any citizen of the L'nited States. 

He was the most prominent candidate before the 
Republican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 
nomination for President. He went to New York and 
embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 
cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of 
the illustrious General. 




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^RFORl) B. HAN KS, 
nineteenth President of 
.^j'the United States, was born in 
Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
most three months after the 
"^S> death of his father, Rutherford 
; Hayes. His ancestry on both 
the paternal and maternal sides, 
, was of the most honorable char- 
acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
.IS far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
.lins, fighting side by side with 
Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
nobility, owned extensive estates, 
and had a large following. Misfor- 
tune ovi:i<aking the family, (ieorge Hayes left Scot- 
land in 1600, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
Oeorge wa; born in Windsor, and remained there 
during his li.'e. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
ried Sarah L;e, and lived from the time of his mar- 
riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- 
turer of scythea at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
son of E/.ekiel ai.d grandfather of President Hayes, was 
Iwrn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a fanner, 
blacksmith and lavern-keei>er. He emigrated to 
Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattlel)Oro, 
where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was 



born. He w.is married, in September, 1S13, lo So pin a 
Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
grated thitlier from Connecticut, they having been 
among the \vealihie>l and best famlies of Norwich. 
Her ancestry on the male side are traced back ic 
1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
in the Revolutionary War. 

The father of President Hayes was an industrious 
frugal and opened-hearted num. He was of a me 
chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a slock- 
ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
ducted his business on Christian principles. Afier 
the close of the war of 1 81 2, for reasons inexplicable 
to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 

The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day 
when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways 
was a very serious affair. .V tour of inspection was 
first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayts deter 
mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malari.ii 
fever, less than three months before the birth of th: 
son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
reavement, found the sup]X)rt she so much needed in 
her brother Sardis, who had been a memlier of the 
household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
some time before as an act of charity. 

Mrs. Hayes at this jieriod was very weak, and the 



RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 



subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
was not expected tj live beyond a month or two at 
most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 



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laker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in 
irint;from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby diet 



last night.'' On one occasion a neighbor, who was on 
familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
lim, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to 
him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
wonder if he would really come to something yet." 

" You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
vait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
Preiident of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to liis 
mother. 

The boy was seven yeais old before he wjnt to 
school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
He probably learned as much from his mother and 
; ister as he would liave done at school. His sports 
were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
liis sister and her associates. These circumstances 
tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
of others, which are marked traits of his character. 

His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest 
in his education; and as the boy's health had im- 
proved, and he was making good progress in his 
studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
paration commenced with a tutor at hoaie; b;t he 
was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
tered Kenyon College in 1838,3! the age of sixteen, 
and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 

Immediately after his graduation he began the 
study of law in the office of Thoaias Sparrow, Esq., 
in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
mained two years. 

In 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was 
admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
fession. 

In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- 
tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
this period, had a ])owerful influence ui)on his siibse- 
ruent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
Chilicothe; the othei was his introduction to the Cin- 
cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
members such men as'^hief Justice Salmon ?. Cliase, 



Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
others hardly less distinguished in after life. The 
marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one cid 
more than she to reflect honor upon American woman 
hood. Tlie Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayez inte 
constant association with young men of high char 
acter and noble aims, and lured him to display t'.ie 
qualities so long hidden by his bashfulne^.s and 
modesty. 

In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge o" 
the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to a"- 
cept the nomination. Two years later, the office o' 
city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Co\:nci. 
elected him for the unexpired term. 

In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was a: 
the zenith of his professional life. His rank at ihc 
bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take 10 
arms for the defense of his coimtr)-. 

His military record was bright ard illustrious. In 
October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
in August, 1S62, promoted Colonel of the ygtii Ohio 
regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 
was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
faint and bleeding disjilayed courage and fortitude 
that won admiration from all. 

Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, at"ter 
his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
and for gallant and meritorious seivices in the battles 
of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted 
Maior-General,"forgallant and dittirguished services 
during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In 
the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
shot from under him, and he was wounded four times 

In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, frcni 
the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
and after his election was importuned to resign his 
commission in tlie army ; but he finally declared, '' I 
shall never come to Washington until I can come by 
the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1S66. 

Ir. 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, 
over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a populai Democrat. 
In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. 
He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 

In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub- 
lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after ■?. 
hard long contest was chosen President; and was i;: 
a\igurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
full term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party, 
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AMES A. CiARilELD, twen- 
tieth President of the United 
Slates, was born Nov. 19, 
1S31, i:\ the woods of Orantje, 
Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
ents were Abram and Eliza 
^ia (Ballon) Garfield, both of N'ew 
' iMigland ancestry and from fami- 
lies well known in the early hi^- 
Ij^i, tory of that section of our coun- 
try, but had moved to the Western 
Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
ment. 

The house in which James .\. was 
born was not unlike tlic houses of 
[tooT Oiiio farmers uf that day. It 
.cis about 20X 50 feet, built of logs, witli the spaces be- 
.ween the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
.ard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
.leared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. 
The household comprised the father and mother and 
heir four children — Mehetabel, 'i'liomas, Mary and 
ames. In May, 1823^ the f.ither, from a cold con- 
.. -acted in hel|)ing to put out a forest fire, died. At 
diis lime James was about eighteen months old, and 
Thomas about ten years old. No one, ])erha[)s, can 
ell how much James was indebted to his biother's 
(cil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
itrs live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 

The early educational advantages young Garfield 
enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
them. He lal)orcd at farm work for others, did car- 
penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
would liring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
mother in he' -struggles to keep the little family to- 



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get her. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they 
ever forget him. When in the highest seals cf honor 
the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly 
greeted as ever. The ])Oorest laborer was ^ureof the 
sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
of wa It and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
sweat of tiie brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
modest gentleman. 

The highest ambition of young Garfield untii hi 
was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
a vessel, which his mother strongly oi>posed. She 
finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with th» 
understanding, however, that he should try to obtair 
some other kintl of employment. He walked all the 
way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city 
.\fler making many applications for work, and trying 
to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting wilii 
success, he (mgaged ns a dri-'er for his cousin, Amos 
Letcher, on the Ohio & I'ennsylvania Canal. He re- 
mained at this work but a short time when he wen' 
home, and attended the seminary at Chester fo- 
about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
Eclectic Listitute, teaching a few terms of school in 
the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
which church he was then a member. He became 
janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way. 
He then became both teacher and i)ui)il. He soon 
"exhausted Hiram "and needed more; hence, in the 
fall of 1854, he entered \\'illiams College, from whi-h 
he graduated in 185^), faking one of the highest hon- 
ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram 
College as its President. As alx)ve slated, he early 
united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where 
he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
Yale College, says of him in reference 'o his religion; 



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" President Garfield was more than a man of 
strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
ny judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
iiis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of 
Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian 
communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to 
the less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions 
in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
nificance they step upward from one degree to 
another in some of the many types of fashionable 
Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
church of his mother, the church in which he was 
trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
larian charity for all ' who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" 

Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss 
Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved herself 
worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
v:hom are still living, four boys and one girl. 

Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, 
in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
'/ears later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
■<ig.i, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
rt is. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
and in 1861 Avas admitted to the bar. The great 
Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in acHon, 
was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
work of driving out of his native State the officer 
'Humphrey M-^rshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Sliiloh, 
in ile operations around Corinth and its march through 
Alabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the 
General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-Tohn 
Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." 

The military l"story of Gen. Garfield closed with 



his brilliant services at Chickainauga, where he wor 
the stars 01 the Major-General. 

Without an efiTort on liis part Gev Garfield wai, 
elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
had been represented in Congress for si.xty years 
mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua 
R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
tered Congress he was the youngest member in thai 
body. Ther'^ he remained by successive re- 
elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
Of nis labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which 
has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a 
tribunel of the American people, in regard to which 
you will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu- 
ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
better than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
Mr. Garfield." 

Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the 
same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
party for President at the great Chicago Convention- 
He was elected in the following November, and on 
March 4, 188 1, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
day it grew in favoj with the people, and by the first 
of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
The President tottered and fell, and as he did so tlie 
assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting nofarthei 
injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
" the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- 
curred which so nearly froze the blood of the peo])'" 
for the moment, as this avvful deed. He was smit- 
ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
was at the summit of his jwwer and hope. Foreighty 
days, all during the hot months of July and August, 
he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
bearing was teaching the country and the world the 
noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
very clutch of death. Great in life, he was sur|)ass- 
ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J , on the very bank of the 
ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
cuted, in one year after he committed the fou." deed. 



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•^^!J^^^Mi\ HESTER A. ARTHUR, 

twenty-first I'rcsi'^.wui of the 

United States was born in 

Franklin ("our t\ , Vermont, on 

« tliefifthof(Jc'ol)er, 1830, and is 

the oldest of a family of two 

sons and five daughters. His 

father was the Rev. Dr. Wilh'ani 

Ar'.hur, .a Baptist c',rgynian,wlio 

emigrated to tb.s countr)' froM 



\j^ the county Ant.im, Ireland, in 
his 18th year, and died in 1S75, in 
Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 
long and successful ministry 
J.-. Young .Arthur was educated at 
/ Union College, S( henectady, where 
he excelled in all his studies. .Af- 
ter his graduation he taught sclioo'. 
j^ in Vermont for two years, and at 
the expiration cf that time rairi'; to 
(VMj\w New York, with $500 in his jiocket, 
y^^ and e.itered the o*fice of ex-Judge 
E. D. Culver as student. After 
I being admitted to the bar he formed 
a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
Henr)' 1). Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
in the West, and for three months they roamed alniut 
ii; the Western States in search of an eligil>le site, 
but in the end returned to New York, where they 
hung out their shingle, and entered iii»ii a success* 
ful career almost from the start, (leneral Arthur 
soon afterward nv<rr'''d the daughter of Lieutenant 



Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow ii, 
recognition of tlie bravery he displayed on that occa- 
sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthurs 
nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
children. 

(len. .Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
brought to recover (Xjsses.-.ion of eight slaves who had 
been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Sui>erior 
Court of New ^'o^k City. It was in 1852 that Jon. 
athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
that they could not be held by the owner under the 
Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized tht 
Attorney Cenend of that State to assist in an apj^al. 
Wni. M. Evarts ana Chester A. Arthur were employed 
to represent the People, and they won their case, 
which then weiit to the Supreme Court of the LTnited 
States. Chailes O'Conor here esjoused the cause 
of the slave-holders, but lie too was beaten by Messrs 
Evarts and .Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
the emancipation of the black race. 

Another great service was rendered by General 
.Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
a resiHJ'.iable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
verdict of S500 damages. The next day the compa- 
ny issuetl A'\ order to admit colored persons to ride 
on their cars, and the other car companies quickly 



CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 



followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 

General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer- 
in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- 
tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
great service to the Government daring the war. At 
the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
of New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
not indeed one of national extent. 

He always took a leading part in State and city 
politics. He was apix)inted Collector of the Port of 
New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
?o, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 

Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
June, tS8o. This was perhaps the greatest political 
convention that ever assembled on the continent. It 
was composed of the 'sading politicians of the Re- 
publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
respective candidates that were before the conven- 
tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
was one of the most animated known in the history of 
our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
party made a valiant fight for his election. 

Finally the election came and the country's choice 
.vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
iVlarch 4, r88i, as President and Vice-President. 
.^ few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
I'resident was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
came terrible weeks of suffering, — thost moments of 
an.xious suspense, when the hearts of all civili/cd na- 



tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- 
covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
able patience that he manifested during those hour? 
and weeks, and even months, of tiie most terrible suf- 
fering man has often been called upon to endure, was 
seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his 
credit that his every action displayed only an earnest 
desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
in deed or look of this man, even though the most 
honored ])osition in the world was at any moment 
likely to fall to him. 

At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 
field from further suffering, and tlie world, as never 
before in its history over the deatli of any other 
man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of 
the Vice President to i-ssume the responsibilities of 
the high office, and he took the oath in New York. 
Sept. 20, r88i. The position was an embarrassing 
one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 
eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- 
lect as advisers. The duties of tiie office had been 
greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
and many important measures were to be immediately 
decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 
did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
became President, and knew the feelings of many on 
this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
Arthur took the reins of the Government in his own 
hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
affairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so 
wisely that but few criticised his administration. 
He served the nation well and faitl^fully, until the 
close of his administration, March 4, 1885. and was 
a popular candidate before his party for a second 
term. His name was ably presented before the con- 
vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
of one of the opposing candidates, he would have 
been selected as the standard-bearer of his party 
for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
rying with him the best wishes of the .'\merican peo- 
ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory 
to then and with credit t'" hi'n'Jclf 




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TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- 
LAND, the twenty- second Pres- 
ident of tlie United States, was 
born in 1837, in the obscure 
town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 
half-story white house which is still 
standing, characteristically to mark 
the humble birth-place of one of 
America's great men in striking con- 
trast with the Old World, wlicre all 
men high in office m'lst be high in 
origin and born in the cradle of 
wealth. When the subject of this 
sketch was three years of age, his 
father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
ister, with a lirge family and a small salary, moved, 
by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 

At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
menced going to school in the "good, old-fashioned 
way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown tlie 
capacity of the village school and expressed a most 



emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
become self-supix)rting by the quickest possible 
m-ians, and this at that tinii in Fayette/ille seemed 
to be a position in a country store, where liis fathe- 
aid the large family on his hands had considerable 
inflae:Ac,'. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
I'le first year, and if he proved trust^vorthy he was to 
receive $100 the second year. Here the lad com- 
menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
h id earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
lliat his employers desired to retain him for an ir. 
d .•(i:iite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
hi!)it as yet any particular "flashes of genius" or 
eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
Bat instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
studies until the family removed with him to a |)oint 
01 Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Uiica, 
M. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
but three Sundays. Thii event broke up the family, 
and Grover set out for New York City to accejjt, at .1 
small salary, the (wsition of " under-teacher " in an 
asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 



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calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
there was some charm in that name for him; but 
before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
isk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
rpeak enthusiastically. "What is it you want to do, 
my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
'aw," was the reply. "Good gracious!" remarked 
he old gentleman ; " do you, indeeJ ? What ever put 
that into your head? How much money have you 
got.'" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
anv." 

Aiter a long consultation, his uncle offered him a 
place temporarily as assistant herd- keeper, at $50 a 
vcar, while iic could "look around." One day soon 
ifterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Iheni what he 
wanted. A number of young meii were already en- 
gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
ne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
liis board and washing. The walk to and from his 
uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
I one — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's 
i-.here they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
f ircle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
but in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
possibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
t," was practically his motto. 

The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
elected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
to his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two 
criminals. In rSSr he was elected Mayor of the 
City of Buff"alo, on the neniocratic ticket, with es- 
pecial reference to the bringing about certain r'^fgrrps 



in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff", his 
performance of duty has generally been considered 
fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
reted out and magnified during tlie last Presidential 
campaign. As a specimen of his plain language fn 
a veto message, we quote fiom one vetoing an ini?ui- 
tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time foi 
plain speech, and my objection to your action shall 
be plainly stated. I regard it as tlie cuhnination of 
a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
to betray the interests of the peopl-, and to worsj 
than squander the people's money." The New York 
Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- 
upon recommended him for Governor of the Empir2 
State. To the latter office he was elected in 1S82, 
and his administration of the aff"^irs of State was 
generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
any, were made very public throughout the nation 
after he was nominated for President of the United 
States. For this high office he was nominated July 
ir, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention a?' 
Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. 
Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.: and he 
was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
land resigned his office as Governct of New York in 
January, r885, in order to prepare for his duties as 
the Chief Executive of the United States, in which 
capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th ot 
March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers h.e selected 
the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, 
Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the 
Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary 
of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts ; 
Secretary of the Navv, William C. Whitney, of New 
York; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of 
Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, 
of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of 
.Arkansas. 

The silver question precipitated a controver-.y be- 
tween those who were in favor of the continuance of 
silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. 
Clevelaiid answering for the latter, even before his 
ii;auguration. 





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XJAMIN HARRISON, tlie 
, '-wenty-tliinl I'l-esident, is 
■ tlic (Icscciulant of one of tlie 
liistuiical families of this 
country. The head of liie 
fninilj- was a Major (ieneral 
llairison, one of Oliver 
CronnvcH's trusted follow- 
*^ ti.> and figiiters. In the zenith of C'roni- 
i well's power it became the duty of this 
Harrison to participate in tiie trial of 
Charles I, and afterward to sign the 
deaih warrant of the king. He subse- 
quently paid for this with his life, being 
hung Oct. 13, ICCO. His descendants 
came to America, and the next of the 
family that appears in history is Benja- 
.'■.:in '!arrisi)n, of A'irginia.grcal-grand- 
fathe: of the subject of this sketch, and 
after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
was a meml'cr of tiie ContinenUil Congress during 
'.he years .771-.'j-0, an<l was one of the original 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
was three times elected Governor of \'irginia. 
GaiJ William IKniy Harrison, the son of the 



distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc- 
cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, 
and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- 
western Territoiy, was elected President of the 
United States in 1840. His career was cut short 
by <lcath within one month ..ftcr bis inr.uguration. 
President Harrison waf born at North Bond, 
Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. :^0, l»:i3. His life upto 
the time of his graduation by the Miami University 
at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- 
try lad of a family of small means. His fathe- was 
able lo give him a good education, and nothing' 
more. He became engaged while at college to t'l'.j 
daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo 
at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en. 
ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cip. 
cinnati and then read law for two j-cars. At tht 
expiration of that time j'oung Harrison receiv, d tl 
only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left hin 
a lot valued at ^800. He regarded this legacy as t 
fortune, and decided to get married ato:icc, 'aki 
this money and go to some Eastern town an ' ne- 
gin the practice of law. He sold Lis lot, and with 
the money in his pocket, he started out witu bi.>« 
young wife to fight fur a place 'n the world. Me 



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decided to go to Ir.ciianapolis, which was even at 
Uiat time a town of promise. He met with slight 
encouragement at first, making scarcely anything 
the first jear. He worked diligently, applying him- 
self closely to his calling, built up an extensive 
practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- 
fession. He is the father of two children. 

In 18C() Mr. Harrison was nominated for tlie 
position of Supreme Court Reporter, and t!icn be- 
gan his ex[)erienee as a stump speake: He can- 
vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
hancisome majority. In 18G2 he raised the 17th 
Indiana Infantrj-, and was chosen its Colonel. His 
regiment was composed of the rawest of material, 
out Col. Harrison emploj-ed all his time at first 
mastering militar}'- tactics and drilling his men, 
when he therefore came to move toward the East 
with Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
grilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he 
especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
rl Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen- 
eral, Gen. riooker speaking of him in the most 
'jomplimentarj' terms. 

During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the flehl 
he Supreme Court declared the office of tlie Su- 
preme Court Ro|)orter vacant, and another person 
was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
ii:g Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 
he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
nominated that year for the same office, he got a 
thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time 
made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
for another terra. He then started to rejoin Shor- 
jnan, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
lever, and after a most trying siege made his way 
to the front in time to participate in the closing 
incidents of the war. 

In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined r re-election as 
jeporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 
he was a candidate for Governor. Although de- 
eated, the brilliant campaign he made won for him 
a. National reputation, and he was much sought, es- 
pecial.y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, 
and wai elected to the United States Senate. Here 
be served six years, and was known as one or the 
ablest men, best lawyer^ >ind strongest debaters in 



that bod3\ AVith the expiration of his Senatorial 
term he returned to the practice of his profession, 
becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in 
the State. 

The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
most memorable in the histor}- of our country. The 
convention which assemliled in Chicago in June and 
named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer 
of the Republican party, was great in ever^' partic- 
ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
sumed u^ion the vital questions of the day, chief 
among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest 
in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly 
after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
country societies, clubs and delegations journej'ed 
thither to paj' their respects to the distinguished 
statesman. The popularit3' of these was greatly 
increased on account of the remarkable speeches 
made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
tions, and so varied, masterly' and eloquent were 
liis speeches that they at once placed him in the 
foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. 

On account of his eloquence as a speaker and his 
power as a debater, he w.as called upon at an un- 
commonly early age to take part in the discussion 
of the great questions tli.at then began to agitate 
the countrj-. He was an uncom[)r<miising ant: 
slavery man, and was matched against some of i'.'.e 
n;ost eminent DenK.cratic speakers of his State. 
Xo man who felt the touch of his blade desired to 
be pitted with him again. AVith all his eloq-'ence 
as an orator he never spolce for oratorical effect, 
but his words always went like bullets to the mark 
He is purely American in his ideas and is a spier 
did tyi)e of the American statesman. Gifted wit"., 
quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, 
he is one of the most distinguished impromptu 
si)eakers in the Nation. ]\Iany of these siieeches 
s|>arkled with the rarest of eloquence and containecl 
ai-guments of greatest weight. Manv of his terse 
statements have alread3- become ai)horisms. Origi- 
nal in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, 
^I't withal faultless in eloquence, he is recogTiized as 
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IIARLKS KOBIXSOxN, the 
first Governor of Kansas, 
was elected under tlie Wy- 
andotte Constitution, and 
upon tiu; admission of tiic 
State, Jan. 2!), 18G1, was 
inaugurated as Chief Ex- 
'So liettei- man could liave 
been selected to lay the fouiidatit)ns 
of the State, for his mind was crea- 
tive, original and vigorous. Harelj- 
working by copy, he belongs to the 
class who think and originate, and 
with wiioni precedence and text-books 
have little authority. At this time a 
great State was to be formed from most incongru- 
ous olemenis. It required men of genius and orig- 
inality to formulate laws and a constitution, and 




prosecution was clearly established, which left his 
good name untarnished. 

In reviewing the career of a prominent public 
man, it cannot be called complete without the story 
of his early life. Clov. Hobiuson was born at 
Hardwick, Mass., July 21, 1818, and received a 
good common-school and academic education, be- 
sides two j-ears' tlrill at Amher.st College. His 
father, Charles Robinson, was a pious and consci- 
entious man, who cherished an inherent h.atred of 
slaverj', and the latter cpiality of his father's char- 
acter Charh's inherited in a marked degree. Upon 
religious sni)jects, however, he was ahva^'s inde- 
pendent and liberal, and is considered heterodox, 
although for the groat principles of Christianity, 
which serve to improve society and make better 
men and women, he has the highest regard. 

There is but little which is ideal or sentimental 



to this work the vigor and ingenuity of Rob- | in the nature of Gov. Robinson, as his life has 



inson were peculiarly adapted. Men of all classes, 
sorts and conditions, had rushed to this section 
upon different objects bent — some to assist in build- 
ing up a State, some to make money, to secure no- 
torielj' and political i)referment, but more, perhaps, 
as cosmopolitans, having little interest in its repu- 
tation or its future. 

That the work before Gov. Robinson w.as ac- 
com|)lished in a praiseworth}' manner, a grateful 
people readily acknowledge. In his course, which 
necessarily was opposed to the rough and irrespon- 
sil)lc element, he made many enemies and was im- 
[K-ached by the House, but on his trial by the 
Senate no evidence was adduced to connect him 
wilh any illegal transaction, and a c:ise of malicious 



been spent principally dealing with men upon prac- 
tical principles. Before completing his studies he 
was obliged to leave college on account of ill- 
health, and his eyes failing him from hard study, 
he walked forty miles to consult a celebrated phy- 
sician. Dr. Twichel, of Keene, N. II., and there 
became so sensibly impressed with both the quack- 
eries of medicine as so often practiced, and the real 
utility of the healing art as a science, that he deter- 
mined to stud}' medicine, and after a i)reparatory 
course entered for a series of lectures at Wood- 
stock, Vt., and Pittsfield, Mass., and from the 
school of the latter he was graduated, receiving his 
diploma wilh the high honors of the class. Subse- 
quently he became connected wilh the celebrated 



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CHARLES ROBINSON. 



Dr. J. G. rioll.and in the management of a hospital. 
In 1849 he started out as a physician to a colony 
bound overland to California. They arrived in 
Kansas City April 10, and on the 10th of May fol- 
lowing, left with ox and mule teams for the Pacific 
Slope. 

On the 11th of Alay, thirty-nine years ago, rid- 
ing his horse at the head of a colony of gold- 
seekers, Gov. Robinson ascended Mt. Oread, where 
now stands the State Universit}' of Kansas, whose 
Regent he has been for thirteen consecutive 
years, as well as its faithful, intelligent and gener- 
ous friend. In his note book at that time he wrote 
that if the land was opened to settlement and entry, 
he would go no further, as there seemed to be gold 
enough for all human wants in the rich soil of the 
Kaw Yalley, and beauty enough in the rolling \n-a\- 
ries beyond to meet all the aspirations of ordinary 
men. He pushed on, however, to California, and 
there followed a varietj' of occupations, being mi- 
ner, restauranteur, editor and member Of the Leg- 
islature. Then he returned to JIassachusetts, and 
in 1852 commenced the publication of the Fitch- 
burg News, which he conducted two j'ears. 

At the time of the repeal of the Missouri Com- 
promise, and the intense excitement coincident 
with the organization of the Territories of Kansas 
and Nebraska, Gov. Robinson w.as sent out by 
the New England Aid Society to Kansas, charged 
with saving it to freedom. In the darkest hours of 
that long struggle, as well as in its hour of victorj% 
he seemed to be the one safe counselor and leader 
of the Free-State forces. His California experience 
had rounded and ripened a robust nature, and the 
perils that the hero of the squatter troubles had 
[)asscd through in that strange combination of craft 
and cunning, fitted and schooled him for his Kan- 
sas work. In the ""Wakarusa War,'' when the cit^' 
of Lawrence, only 600 strong, was besieged hy an 
opposing force of 1,200, Dr. Robinson, as he was 
called in those days, was chosen Major General of 
the Free-State party. He constructed forts and 
rifle-pits which did their service, but as a negotiator 
and diplomat he excelled. He wanted Kansas to 
be lawfully free, and felt justified in availing him- 
self of any agency which would assist liiin in ac- 
complishing this. Although the recognized leader 



of the Free-State forces, it was not Robinson, but 
Lane, that the Quantrell ruffians sought when they 
massacred in cold blood 180 of the inoffensive citi- 
zens of Lawrence. 

In 1855 the Free-State men had been driven 
from the polls. Robinson was among the first to 
repudiate the authorit}' of the bogus laws, and was 
unanimous!}" chosen a delegate to the convention 
which met at Topeka to formulate a State govern- 
ment. From Maj% 1 85G, until September, he was a 
prisoner at Locompton, charged with treason. Af- 
ter serving his term as the first Governor of the 
State, he was, in 1872, chosen a member of the 
Lower House of the Legislature, and in 1874 
elected State Senator and re-elected in 1876. At 
the last election he came within fortj'-three votes 
of beating his opponent for the State Senate, and 
where the party majoritj' of the latter was about 
1.500. 

Gov. Robinson has been twice married. By 
his first wife, Miss Sarah Adams, daughter of 
a highly respected Massachusetts farmer, two chil- 
dren were born and both died in inf.auej'. The 
mother died in 1846. On the SOth of October, 
1851, he was married to Miss Sarah D. T. Law- 
rence, daughter of a distinguished Massachusetts 
lawyer, and connected with the eelebr.ated Law- 
rence family of that State. Of this union there 
are no children. Mrs. Robinson is a lady of 
high literary- culture, and has written one of the 
best of the many books which have been published 
on Kansas. Though highly accomplished, she is 
not much of a society woman, being content to 
dwell quietly at home on their farm, which lies 
five miles out from Lawrence, and is the resort 
of many friends, who meet a refined and elegant 
hospitality. 

In 1856 Gov. Robinson pre-empted a portion 
of the land which, upon his journey to Califor- 
nia, lie had viewed with so much admiration. He 
now has one of the finest homes in his section 
of country, where he resides in atHuenl circum- 
stances, busying himself in looking after his farm, 
esteemed by his nciglibors, and am|)ly honored bj' 
the great State, in laying the firm foundations of 
wliich he rendered such cllicient service over a 
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I /^ Olid Governor of Kansas, 
was born in Delaware Coun- 
ty, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1824. 
His ancestry was a mixed 
one, e(jiTiposed of Irish and 
German. His fatiier, James 
Carne\% was of Irish descent, be- 
ing tlie grandson of one of the 
same name, who came to this 
country and assisted the Colonies 
in the war with Great Britain. 
His mother was remotely of Ger- 
man descent, and like his father 
was born in Pennsj-lvania. The^' 
removed to Ohio the 3-ear before 
the birth of Gov. Carney. They 
were Presbyterians, in which failli Jlr. C. was reared. 
The portion of Ohio in which Jlr. Carney was 
oorn was then a wilderness, and the f am ilj' engaged 
in farming, the land having to be clcare<l first. The 
father died when the lad was but four years old, leav- 
ing the mother with four children, the eldest being 
only six years of age. the earlj- life of young Carney 
theiefore was s[)ent in work of the hardest kind, 
from the moment he was old enough to be of any 
assistance. From the age of seven to eighteen he 
worked on the farm belonging to liii! family, and 
then started for himself as a farm hand for six 
months, at 1 10 a month. From the time he was 
eleven j-cars of age until ho loft home, he Wius the 
teamster of the family, and carried the products of 
the f:irni to Jscwaik, thirty-six miles, his motive 
power being .'i ynko of oxen for nmst of the time, 
ill! attended sehoul some din'iir' the winter 



months, and after lie was eighteen went to school 
in Berkshire, Ohio, for six months. After this he 
commenced a long, persistent and weary search for 
employment in a store, and was finally successful 
in Columbus, where he remained in the emploj' of 
a retail drj- -goods house for two years, and then took 
service with a wholesale dry-goods establishment in 
Cincinnati. He obtained, while in the retail house, 
§50 a j-ear and his board for the first year's serv- 
ice, and for the second year iilOO. At the end 
of this period he was given a quarter interest in 
the firm, with his name at the head of it. A rise 
of so great rapidity is unprecedented. He resided 
in Cincinnati twelve years. 

Mr. Carney's health became impaired bj' his de- 
votion to business, and in 1857 he visited the West, 
and commenced business in Leavenworth in the 
spring of 1858. In 1861 he was elected to the 
State Legislature, and in 18G2 was elected Gov- 
ernor. He entered on his duties the 1st of Janu- 
ary. 1 8G.3, at a time when Kansas affairs were in 
a most critical condition. 

In 1864 he w.as elected to the United States Sen- 
ate, but as there was some doubt as to whether or 
not the time at which the election was held was 
the proi)cr one, he declined the jiosition. He was 
soon after elected Mayor of Leavenworth, and was 
re-elected. Since that period, 18GC, he has occupied 
himself wholly with his private business. 

The earlier struggles of the future Governor 
were arduous and severe, but probably h.ad their 
eflfect in strengthening him for the career for which 
he w,as destined. When he took possession of the 
gubernatorial ollice, in January, 180;5, he found the 
State of Kansas but lit Je belter than a political and 



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THOMAS CARNEY 



financial wreck. A local writer referring to that 
period says, that the "State was in peril at almost 
every point, and its settled portions were one ex- 
tended camp. A rebel force hovered on its eastern 
and sonthern borders, while Indians weie murdering 
and scalping in the west. Nothing short of a con- 
stant vigilance conld prevent the rebel enemy 
invading the State and bntchering the people." 

An appeal was made to the military authorities 
for assistance and to Gov. Carney for protection. 
It was at a time when the General Government was 
too busy with the Rebellion to give close attention 
to matters in a new and remote State, and hence 
the Governor was obliged to depend on his own 
resources. He was equal to the emergency. The 
State had no money, no men, no arms, no ammuni- 
tion, with which to protect itself, but even this did 
not discourage him. He visited the menaced re- 
gions, and soon satisfied himself that something had 
to be done, or the State would be overwhelmed by 
the perils which tlireatened it. In the counties 
which were more particularly threatened, the popu- 
lation became uneasy, and removals were being 
made to places of safety by so many of the resi- 
dents that there loomed up a probability' that the 
entire region would become a desert. 

After looking over the ground, Gov. Carney de- 
termined to raise a force of 150 men from citizens 
of the menaced region, and to employ them as a 
patrol along the border, so that no hostile move- 
ment could be made without detection, and the 
people could be warned of danger in time to rally 
at tlic necessaiy points for defense, all being armed 
and organized into militar}' organizations. This 
patrol was hired by the Governor for the public 
defense out of his private means. He agreed to 
pay $1 a day each, for man and horse, the United 
States Government furnishing the rations. He put 
this force in the field, and ke|)t it in active opera- 
tion, at a cost to himself of over f 10,000. At the 
same time he was a Captain in the home guards, 
and many a night was on guard like the [irivate 
sohlier. 

The little patrol put in the field by the Governor 
preserved the borders from invasion so long as it 
lasted, which was some three mo^ntlis. At a later 
period the Governor was notified by the com- 
mander of the Federal forces that he was able to 
care for the safety of the State, and thereupon the 
patrol w.as abolished. Almost immediately after it 
was disbanded Quantrell made his raid into Kansas, 
and Lawrence was attacked, burned, and its resi- 
dents massacred. Concerning this feature of the 
transaction the Governor says: "While this patrol 
was on the border tiie arrangements were such that 
the different members could s))eak with each other 



every hour, and thus be in a position to almost in- 
stantly communicate with the residents in case of 
invasion. When the Government notified me that 
it could take care of the border I disbanded the 
patrol, and within three days Lawrence was in ashes 
and 180 people were foully murdered. The mili- 
tary was scattered in squads over a distance of 
twenty-five miles along the border, and when Quan- 
trell moved into Kansas he had no difficulty in 
marching between the Federal divisions. The march 
of Quantrell was entirely unknown and wholly un- 
expected. Not a living soul knew that he was in 
the State when he arrived before Lawrence. A 
man living on the route taken by the guerrillas saw 
them, and mounted a horse and undertook to carry 
the information to Lawrence. His horse fell and 
the rider's neck was broken, and thus the sole wit- 
ness of the invasion was silenced." 

It will show the benevolent disposition of the 
Governor to state that from his own pocket he gave 
$500 to the widow of the man who undertook to 
carry the warning of danger to Lawrence. 

The entire official career of Gov. Carney was of 
the stormiest and most perplexing character, and it is 
certain that, with an oflftcial head less clear and 
efficient, the embarrassments and perplexities of 
Kansas would have proved insoluble. Cool, self- 
possessed, firm, intelligent, he guided the State 
through the storms, breakers, whirlpools and rocks, 
which were encouutered, and finally reached the 
harbor, with the vessel much battered but sound in 
frame and in all essential particulars. 

The following is a copy of a resolution jiassed by 
the Kansas Legislature after his term of office had 
expired : 

"Resolved bj' the House of Representatives of 
the State of Kansas, that the thanks of tiiis House 
and the people of tiie State of Kansas are justly 
due to Hon. Thomas Carney, late Governor of the 
State of Kansas, for the honest, faithful and im- 
partial manner in which he discharged his executive 
duties." 

Gov. Carney is possessed of ample wealth, which 
he uses to the best advantage. His wife was Re- 
becca Canady, of Kenton, Ohio, who has devoted 
much of her time for a number of years in caring 
for the orphaned children of the State. His chil- 
dren .are four in number, all boys. 

No man in Kansas is more honored and re- 
spected than he, and no man has done more, either 
in a public or private way, for the advancement of 
the State and its institutions. Its railroads, bridges, 
churches, school-houses, and its citizens needing 
assistance, all bear witness to his liberality and 
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AMUEL J. CUAWFOKD, tlir 
tliird Governor of tlic State of 
Kansas, was born in Lawrence 
County-, Incl., April 10, 1835. 
His ancestors were Scotch- 
Irish, who cinigrati'il to Amer- 
ica at an early perioil in Col- 
onial da\-s. His paternal grandfather 
served in the war of the Revolntion 
as a Soldier from the State of North 
Carolina, and his maternal grand- 
father was a planter in the same State. 
His father, "William Crawford, emi- 
grated, in 1815, to the then Territory 
of Indiana, and located in Lawrence 
County, where he became a snecess- 
ful farmer. Although born, reared 
and educated in a slave State, the elder Crawford 
had imbibed unconquerable prejudice to the insti- 
tution of slavery, and as a consequence turned bis 
back upon friends and kindred and sought a home 
in the Northwest Territory, in which slavery and 
involunt;iry servitude had been forever inhibited. 
The subject of this sketch was reared upon his 
father's farm, and received a common-school and 
academic education. At the age of twentj'-one he 
became a student at law in the ofHcc of the Hon. S. 
W. Short, of Bedford, Ind., pcn'suing his studies 
until the fall of 1S57, when he entered the Law 
College at Cincinnati, from which institution he 
was graduated in l^.JH. 

In .March, 18.")'.), he bade adieu to home and friends, 
))roceeded to the Territory of Kanstis, and located 
in (larnett, the count}' seat of Anderson Connl\'. 
Here he pr.acticed his pnjfession of the law, and was 
elected a member of the first .State Legislature, 
which convened at Topeka, March 27, IsOl. 

The attack upon Ft. Sumter, following swiftly 
aftrr the Montgomery Secession Convention, the 
failure of the I'eace Conference, the Proclamation 
of Jefferson Davis calling for 100,000 men, and 



the seizure of Government proi)eity by Floyd 
and Twiggs, without protest from the Executive, 
thrilled loyal Kansas to the very core. Presifient 
Lincoln made his first call for T.'i.OOQ volunteers in 
April, 18(jl. Kes|)onding to this call, JNIr. Cr.-iw- 
ford resigned his seat in the Legislature, returned 
home, recruited a compaii}-, was chosen its Ca|)tain, 
assigned to tlie 2d Kansas Infantry, and mustered 
into the United .Stales service. He served with the 
reginient, participating inider the gallant Gen. 
Ly(jn in the battle of Wilson's Creek anil various 
other battles of the Missouri Campaign fought 
during the summer and fall of !8(Jl. In the winter 
of 18G1-62, the regiment was re-organized, and 
became the 2d Kansas Cavalry. Capt. Crawford 
was assigned to the command of Company A, and 
soon thi.-reafter jjronioted to the comni.ind of a 
batt.alion. He participated with ids regiment in the 
battles of Newtonia, Old Ft. W.ayne, Cane Hill, 
Prairie Grove, Van Duren, and various other en- 
gagements fonglit by Gen. Bhmt during the Trans- 
Mississippi cami)aign of 18G2. 

It was in these engagements that Capt Crawford 
developed extraordinary ability as a cavalry leader. 
At tlie battle of Old Ft. Wayne he charged the 
enemy's lines and cajjlured a battery under circum- 
stances which almost forbade the venture, and for 
which achievement lie was complimentid in Oeneral 
Orders. At the battles of Cane Hill and Prairie 
Grove he acquitted himself with great credit, and 
was again complimented by the conunandi!ig Gen- 
eral. In March, 1803, although holding the rank 
of Captain, he was assigned to the command of the 
2d Kansas Cav:dry, and led tiie regiment in the 
campaign of that year through the Indian Territory 
and Western Arkansas, wliicli resulte<l in the battl> s 
of Perryville, ^IcAllister and the Backbone .Mount- 
ain, and the capture of Ft. Smith by the Fcdci-.d 
arms. The 2d Kansas Cavalry covered itself with 
glory in these memorable campaigns. 

In October, liSCiS, Capt. Crawford was promoted 
to be Colonel of the H3d United St.ites Infantry, 
and with his regiment accompanied fjcn. Steele on 
the Shreveport, La., expedition, which moved 
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Little Rock to co-operate with Gen. B.inks in his 
Red River campaign, participating in the battles 
of Prairie De Hand and Saline River. At the latter 
affair Col. Crawford charged and captured a battery, 
which his men brought off the field by hand, all the 
artillery horses having been killed or disabled. 
This battle resulted in a complete victory for the 
Union forces, to which consummation Col. Craw- 
ford's regiment largely contriluited. After this 
battle he returned with the 7th Corps to Little 
Rock, and thence, with the K.ansas Division, under 
the command of Gen. Thayer, to Ft. Smith, Ark. 
In July, 1864, Col. Crawford commanded an expe- 
dition into the Choctaw Nation in pursuit of the 
rebel General, Standweighty, whom he routed. 

September 8, 1864, while still in the field. Col. 
Crawford was nominated as the Republican candi- 
date for Governor of Kansas. Obtaining leave of 
absence, he bade adieu to the gallant army with 
which he had served so long, an<l on the 9th of 
October returned to Kansas. Upon arriving at Ft. 
Scott he learned that a heavy body of the enem^', 
under Gen. Price, was moving westward through 
Central Missouri, with the design of laying Kansas 
in waste. He hastened to Kansas City, arriving 
October 17, reported to Gen. Curtis, commanding 
the Federal forces there concentrating to resist Gen. 
Price, and was assigned to duty as a volunteer aid 
on his staff. A few days subsequently the battles 
of the Blue, Westportand ]\Iine Creek were fought, 
and at the latter engagement Col. Crawford ordered 
and participated in a charge with two brigades of 
c.".valiy, which resulted in the capture of the Con- 
federate Generals, Marmaduke and Cabell, 500 
prisoners and eight pieces of artillery. This battle 
closed his military career in the war for the sup- 
pression of the Rebellion, and on April 13, 186.3, he 
was promoted by the President of the United States 
to the rank of Brigadier General by brevet, for 
meritorious services in the field. 

On the 7tli of November, 1864, Col. Crawford 
was elected Governor of the State of Kansas, and 
in 1866 was re-chosen for a second term. During 
his holding of the gubernatorial office, he re-organ- 
ized and consolidated the Kansas Volunteer Regi- 
ments, and secured the enactment of new laws, 
under which the State Militia was placed on war 
footing for the protection of the people against 
rebel invasions and Indian incursions. He devoted 
much of his time to the establishment and main- 
tenance of the various State institutions, and on 
retiring from office he left the Deaf Mute, Blind and 
Insane Asylums, the State University, the Agricult- 
ural College and State Normal School, in success- 
ful operation. He also gave considerable attention 
lo the preparation and dissemination of pamphlet 



literature respecting, the advantages of his State, 
with the view of encouraging emigration thereto. 

During the memorable years of 1867 and 1868, 
hostile bauds of Indians hovered on the borders of 
Kansas, driving back the settlers, checking the con- 
struction of the railroads and threatening to cut off 
communication between Kansas and the Western 
States and Territories. For two years an Indian 
war of savage barbarity was carried on. JNIau}' 
settlers were killed, scalped, and their bodies mutil 
ated. Large amounts of property were captured 
and destroyed. Women and even children were 
outraged, and others carried into captivity to suiTer 
a fate v.-orse than a thousand deaths. 

The Federal forces stationed on the border and 
the State troops furnished b}^ Gov. Crawford were 
inadequate for the protection of the people. The 
Indians followed their custom of making war dur- 
ing the summer months, and then retreating to their 
homes in the Indian Territory to be fed, clothed 
and nurtured by the Government in winter. Finally, 
in August, 1868, the settlements of Northwest 
Kansas were raided by these Indians, who killed 
and wounded some forty persons, carried women 
into captivit}', and also committed other atrocities. 

As soon as the terrible details of this last mas- 
sacre reached the ears of Gov. Crawford, he pro- 
ceeded at once to the scene of disaster, saw that the 
dead were properly buried and the wounded cared 
for, returned to Topeka. organized a regiment of 
cavalry, resigned the office of Governor, and with 
his regiment accompanied Gen. Sheridan on his his- 
toric campaign into the interior of the wild country 
bordering on Texas, where the hostile tribes had 
always felt secure from punishment during the win- 
ter season. These Indians were attacked and cap- 
tured in the Washita Valley, in December, 1868, 
and several of their chiefs held as hostages until the 
captive white women were delivered up. 

Gov. Crawford returned home after the close of 
this campaign and has since been successfully en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. Nov. 27, 
1866, he was married to Miss Isabel M. Chase, 
an estimable and accomplished lady, of Topeka, 
where they now reside, and the union has been 
blessed by two children, daughter and son. Gov. 
Crawford is possessed of an imposing presence, his 
height being six feet two inches, with the accom- 
paniment of a Herculean frame, sj'm metrically 
proportioned, and a pair of shoulders Atlas miglit 
fairly env}'. His manners are the very essence of 
courtesy and geutleness, and altogether he presents .a 
marked type of the energetic, patriotic and sturdy 
sous of tiie great West — snaviter in modo, J'orUter 
in re — with whom the high sense of duty stands first 
and foremost in every relation of life. 



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DX. NKIIEMIAII ORKEN, 
fourth Governor of tlic 
State of Kansns was, dur- 
ing tlie 3cars of liis active 
life, a man essentially in 
advance of his time. 
Progressive in thought, cultured, 
and to a great extent self-educated, 
he was, in addition to these quali- 
ties, endowed b^- nature with a 
strong character and deep s^'nipa- 
tliies. a temperament sanguine j'et 
sedate, and with a ste.ad^' inspira- 
tion to good deeds. lie is now a 
confirmed invalid, having been con- 
fined to his room for the last three j'ears, an 
uncomplaining sufferer. Comparatively few are 
aware of the fact that this atHiction, overtaking 
him in the prime of life, is due to his exertions 
while '.m ollicer in the arni^', relieving his exhausted 
soldicis by himsilf carrying their guns and liavcr- 
sacks, during wliich a lilood vessel was ruptured, 
anil since Mr. (Jrcen has never seen a well day. 

Mr. (ireen was born JIarcli 8, 1837, in (Irassy 
Point 'l'ownshii>, Hardin Co., Ohio. His father, 
Siiepard (ireen, wasanativeof \V;ushington County, 
Pa., where he was born August 5J, 1808, and the 
son of Nehcmiah Green, Sr., who was born in 
Kiigl.and, and canie to America during revolution- 
ary limes. He e>p<iUM'd the cause of the Colonists, 
and wliile doing his duty as a soldier, was taken 
prisiiner and conveyed to Knirland, where he wag 
omlined until after the surrender of Cornwallis, 
when he was exchanged. He then located in Wash- 
ington Conntj', Pa. 

Shepard Green, when a boy in his teens, went to 
Ohio .-md was one of the early settlers of Cham- 
paign Ct)unt\-. Tlieie he learned (he tinner's trade. 



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which he followed a few years, but after marriage 
he purchased a tract of timber land in Gnussy Point 
Township, Hardin County, and i)ut up a log house. 
In that humble dwelling the subject of this sketch 
was born. The country was wild and new, and 
there were no railroads for many years afterward. 
The State road, known as the Sanduskj' & D.aylon 
road, passed by the farm, an<l after a few years 
Shepanl ( Jreen [nit ui)a hotel which he conducted for 
several years, and which was made a stage station. 
Many distinguislied guests sought entertainment 
under its roof; among them were Henry Clay, Tom 
Corwin, and Richard M. Johnson. About 1850 
Mr. Green removed to Logan County, where his 
death occurred July 2(;, 1880. 

For his wife Shepard Green chose in early man- 
hood Miss Mary A. Fisher. Tliis lady was born at 
Fairfax Court House, Ya., and was the daughter of 
William Fisher, a Virginian by bii'tli, and one of 
the earliest pioneers of Ohio, he locating first on 
the Scioto river above Columbus. Later he re- 
moved to Logan County, where he purchased tim- 
ber land, improved a farm and died. The mother 
of our subject made her home with her jiarents 
until her marriage, learning to cird, spin and 
weave, and when her children were small she made 
the greater i)art of the cloth in use in the family. 
Ila^ng no stove, her cooking wjis perfornie<I many 
years by a fire-place. She died at the home farm 
in Logan County, Ohio, in 1859. 

Both Shepar<l Green .nnd his excellent wife were 
con.scientious members of the Methodist Kpiscopal 
Chiu'ch, and the father for many years was one of 
its chief pillars. His house was the headcpiarters 
of the pioneer preachers, and services were fre- 
quently liehl there. Politicallj', he was an Olr^ 
Line Whig. The parental family included nine 
chiUlren, all of whom lived to mature years, vi;'.: 
William F., Louis F., Nehemiah, Nancy, Fanny, 
Shepard, George S., Mary and Kninia. The sons 
all served in the Union army during the Civil War. 



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NEIIEMIAH OREEN. 



Wheu the Green familj' changed their residence 
to Logan County, Ohio, Nehemiah was a lad of 
tliirteen j-ears. lie continued attending the sul:)- 
scriptiou school until sixteen jcars old during the 
winter season, and in the meantime improved his 
opportunities for useful knowledge. His desire was 
for a finished education, and now to his great satis- 
faction he was permitted to enter Weslej-an Uni- 
versit}^ at Delaware, Ohio, where he studied two 
years. In 1855 he left school to visit the Territory 
of Kansas. The journey was made by steamer on 
the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers to Kansas 
City; thence by team to Douglas County, this 
rState. Mr. Green made a claim twelve miles south of 
Lawrence, and during that spring tlie troubles be- 
gan between tiie Free State and Pro-Slavery men. 

Mr. Green was an ardent Free State man, and 
was prominent]}' identified with John Brown, Jim 
Lane, Montgomerj' Bain, Gov. Robinson and Mar- 
cus Parrott, with whom he participated in the 
trials, struggles and triumphs which followed. He 
remained in Kansas until late in 1857, then returned 
to Ohio and entered theministry, liocoraing a mem- 
ber of tlie Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Confer- 
ence. He was stationed at Abei-(leen and "Williams- 
burg until the first call by President Lincoln for 
troops to quell the Rebellion. 

It was not long before Mr. Green proffered his 
services as a soldier of the Union, enlisting as a 
])rivate in Company B 89lh Ohio Infantry. Two 
weeks later he was commissioned by Gov. Todd, as 
First Lieutenant and served with bis regiment in 
Kentucky and West Virginia. He was in tlie cam- 
paign which drove Kirby Smith out of the Blue 
Grass State and Loring out of the Kanawa Valley. 
While on the Kirby Smith campaign he ruptured a 
blood vessel and suffered hemorrhages and has not 
seen a well day since. In 1863 he was obliged to 
resign. He recuperated in a measure and in 1864 
enlisted in the Ohio Kational (Juards and was Ser- 
geant IMajor of the 153d Regiment, serving in the 
Army of the Potomac. He received his discharge 
in September, 1864, and, returning to Kansas, re- 
sumed his ministerial labors, being placed in charge 
of the INIethodist Episcopal Church at Manhattan. 

In the meantime Mr. Green had kept himself well 
posted upon State and national events and was 
looked upon as a tit representative of the people's 
interest in legislative halls. In 1866 he was nomi- 
nated for Lieutenant-Governor and elected. In 
1868 the Cimaron War broke out and Kansas was 
asked to raise a regiment of cavalrj- for the United 
States service. Gov. Crawford resigned and was 
appointed Colonel of the regiment and Mr. Green 
was then sworn in as his successor, administering 
the duties of his office until the close of the term. 
Executive business had in the meantime accumu- 



lated while Gov. Crawford was raising the regi- 
ment, and the militaiy and contingent fund had 
been exhausted while the whole frontierwas threat- 
ened by hostile Indians. The soldiers and their 
horses had to be fed and the former clothed. Gov. 
Green was eijiial to tlie emergency and borrowed 
money, while at the same time letting contracts sub- 
ject to the approval of the Legislature to carry on all 
business, both militarj' and civil. He visited tlie 
various militar}' posts, traveling in an ambulance, 
and personally inspecting the militia. The war ended 
with the capture and destruction of the bands of 
Indians commande<l by Black Kettle and Little 
Raven, by Gen. Custer. 

After the expiration of his term of office Gov. 
Green delivered the great seal of the State to his 
successor and resumed preaching. In due time he 
was chosen Presiding Elder of Manhattan District, 
which included the western half of the north half of 
the State. He followed up the frontier and laid the 
foundation for many prosperous churches. He thus 
labored actively in tlie church until 1873, when 
failing health compelled him to retire. That year 
he setded on his farm in Grart Township, Riley 
County. This farm comprises 840 acres of land. 

Gov. Green lived a few years in comparative 
quiet but in 1880 was brought forward again by 
his old constituents, elected to the State Legisla- 
ture and took an important part in the proceedings 
being finally elected Speaker ^:»?'ci tern. During this 
term the principal subjects acted upon were educa- 
tion, transportation, agriculture and temperance. 
Mr. Green took an important part in the proceed- 
ings to compel the Union Pacific Railroad to ac- 
knowledge its obligation to the State. A measure 
was passed which forced the ra.atter to the Supreme 
Court when the Company surrendered every point 
and although its offices were moved from the State, 
agreed to accept service on any local agent. 

The marriage of Nehemiaii Green and Miss Ida 
K. Lefflngwell, of Williamsburg, Ohio, was cele- 
brated in 1800. This lady was born at that place 
and was the daughter of Sidney and Melissa 
(Br3'ant) Leffingwell. She became the mother of 
three children and died in 1871. The eldestchild, 
Glenzcn S., is a resident of Oregon. Effie married 
Dr. William B. Sweatmaii, and they live in Parkers 
ville, Morris Co., this State. Alice is the wife of 
Prof. John E. Edgerton, Principal of the schools 
of White City. In 1873 Mr. Green contracted a 
second marriage with Miss ]Mary Sturdevant. Tiiis 
lady was born in Rushville, N. Y. and is tlie daugh- 
ter of Josiah and Hannah (Peabody) Sturdevant, 
who were n.atives respectively of New England and 
New York State; they spent their last years in 
Rushville, N. Y. Of this union there have been 
born two children — Burtis AV. and Ned M. 




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C^^^ } AMES M. IIARVKY, fifth Gov- 



rnur <jf the State of Kansiis, and a 
- *-.! Virginian by birth, is a native 

of Monroe County, and was born 
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v. Seiil. 21, 1833. His parents, 

; :•■ Thomas and Margaret (Wallver) 
Harvey, were also natives of the 
Old Dominion, but removed 
from that St;ite when their son 
James M. was quite young. 
He acquired iiis education in the 
public and select schools of In- 
diana, Illinois and Iowa, and 
following his tastes and tjilents, 
became a finished practical sur- 
veyor and civil engineer. Mr. 
Harvey, in the )ear 1859, just before Kansas was 
freed from Territorial enthrallment, and when she 
was struggling to become one of the sisterhood of 
States, removed hither, settling in Riley County. 
He at once became warmly interested in the affairs 
of this section of country, and distinguished him- 
self fur liis ability-, intelligence and enthusiastic sup- 
port of the measure which was to make the Territory 
n full member of the American Union. The pur- 
suitof agriculture at that time offered a more ample 
income than his profession, and in this he at once 
engaged, but the seclusion of the farm did not con- 
ceal his eminent abilit}' and his tjilents from the 
public, and he was a prominent factor in the afifairs 
:>f Kansas for a [icriod of nearly thirty years. 
It was not long after his arrival here until the 



Civil War was preci|)itated upon the country, and 
James M. Ilarvcj' enlisted as a soldier of the Union 
army, and was soon given a Captain's commission 
in the 4i,hand 10th Regiments, which were consoli- 
dated. He served with honor in the campaign in 
which his cijmniand took part, and was mustered out 
in 18G4. The following year, and also in 1866, he 
was elected to represent his count}' in the Kansas 
Legislature, where he displa\-ed such power as to 
attract the leading men of the commonwealth, and 
in which he gave unmistakable indications of the 
distinction he would achieve in the future. After 
serving his terms creditably as a member of the 
House, he was, in 1867-71, a member of the Senate, 
and in the latter year was elected Governor. 

The duties of these various ofliccs Mr. Harvey 
discharged with that fidelity and ability which en- 
titled him to still higher distinction, and accordingly 
on the assembling of the State Leglature, in 187 I, 
he was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
resignation of Alexander Caldwell, United Statrs 
Senator. This vacancy had been temporarily filled 
liy the appointment of Robert Crozier, but the 
Legislature promptly recognized the claims of Mr. 
Harvey, and gave him the merited compliment of 
his regular election to that position. He took his 
seat on the Tith of February, and in this, as in all 
other places which he was called upon to fill, dis- 
charged his duties with great credit to himself and 
honor to his State until the 4th of March, 1877, at 
which time his term expired. 



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JAMES M. HARVEY. 



During Mr. Harvey's incumbency of the Gov- 
ernor's office much important work was done b3' the 
Legislature, incliulinor the issuance of bonds for 
tlie military expenses of the Indian War, and pro- 
viding a militarj^ contingent fund for the protection 
of tlie frontier of the State against Indian depreda- 
tions — these two objects calling for §275,000 ; and 
also the further issuance of bonds to aid in com- 
pleting the west wing of the State Capitol, §70,000; 
to defray the expenses of raising the 19th Regiment, 
114,000; and §1,500 was appropriated to buy seed 
wheat for destitute farmers on the frontier. Dur- 
ing that term also the east wing of the new capitol at 
Topeka was so far completed that on December 25 
they were occupied by the State officers. At that 
date there had been expended on the wing com- 
pleted and on the west wing, on which work was 
still progressing, the sum of §417,588.29. At the 
annual election, which occurred Nov. 8, 1870, 
Gov. Harvey received over 19,000 majority over 
his Democratic opponent. For United States Sena- 
tor, to serve the unexpired term of Caldwell, the 
balloting commenced January 27, and was continued 
four daj-s, no candidate receiving the required 
seventy votes necessary to a choice. On the 2d of 
February, Mr. Harvej' was elected on a joint vote 
of seventy-six as against fiftj'-eight thrown for all 
other candidates. 

During the twelfth session of the Kansas Legis- 
lature, James M. Harvey, Governor, thirty-eight 
laws were passed. Amoag them were bills authoriz- 
ing or legalizing the issuance of municipal bonds ; the 
State Board of Agriculture was created ; §3,000 was 
appi'opriated for the relief of Western settlers, and 
§2,500 for the Freedman's University of Quindaro; 
the, boundaries of Kingman and Harvey Counties 
were defined, the latter named in honor of James 
M. ; two new judicial districts were created, the 
Thirteenth and Fourteenth: the salaries of State 
officers and Judges of tiie Supreme Courts and 
Districts Courts were increased; and an act passed 
providing for the sale of Normal School lauds; 
Commissioners were also appointed to provide for 
the settlement of losses by Indian depredations 
between 1860 and 1871. 

Gov. Harvey upon retiring from public life re- 
turned to his farm at Vinton, Riley Count}-, where 



he resided for a time, and then returned to the 
vicinity of his old home in Virginia, and is now 
living in Richmond. On the 4th of October, 1854, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte Cutter, 
of Adams Countj^ 111., and of this union there 
were born six children, four daughters and two 
sons, namely: Clara, Emma, Lillian, Martha, James 
N. and John A. 

The assuring smile of peace fell upon Kansas for 
the first time in her existence when the war of the 
Rebellion ended, and about the time Mr. Harve}', 
after serving valiantlj^ in the ranks of the Union 
army, returned to Riley County, and was called 
upon to assist in the further great work which lay 
before both legislators and people. It was a time 
demanding tlie best efforts of its wisest men, and 
Mr. Harvey in his sphere was equal to the emer- 
gency, and to the perplexing duties devolving upon 
him as Legislator, Senator and Governor. Twelve 
years of turmoil and strife had trained the inhabitants 
to know no rest save in motion, and no safety ex- 
cept in incessant vigilance. Under this discipline 
their character had become as peculiar as the expe- 
riences through which tlie}' had passed. A rest- 
less energy was the controlling element, and the life 
of ease and peace was one so foreign to their ex- 
perience as to strike them as almost unnatural. 
They, however, under the fortunate rule of a wise 
executive, turned to the pursuit of the peaceful arts 
and conquered the right to the free soil they now 
tread. Mines were opened, railroads built, hus- 
bandry and manufactures brought wealth and plenty, 
and peace and prosperity reigned. 

Along with the happy state of affairs just above 
mentioned, there were also built up the indispensa- 
ble adjuncts of churches, schools and charitable 
institutions, together with happy homes, villages 
and cities, and all else which marks the develop- 
ment of a civilized and free people. Every man 
who at that critical period performed his duty de- 
serves to be perpetuated in histor}'. Among these 
James M. Harvey was likewise equal to the emer- 
gencj', and is amply entitled to have his name en- 
rolled among the patriots of that period, who labored 
efficiently in bringing about the future jirosperity 
of the commonwealth which now occupies a proud 
position among the States west of the Jlississippi, 





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J.IIOMAS A. OSRORX, one 
of tlie most iKiimlar and 
<listin','uishc(l gentlemen 
who ever served the St;ite 
of Kansas as her Executive, 
is to-day an honored citi- 
zen of tliat {^icat common- 
wealtli and a resident of her capital 
city. lie wascliosen to this high 
position at a critical time in the 
history* of tiic State. While it 
is true that no conunonwiallli in 
our gU)rious galaxy of States has 
been so sorely' tried or passed 
through so many and such severe 
ordeals, there have been some peri- 
ods of greater trials than others. 
One crisis after another has come upon this people, 
but tiierc was ahva3-s a firm and wise hand ready 
and able to guide the ship of State through the 
storm and over the shoals. Kansas found in the 
person of Mr. Osborn a safe leader, a patriot and a 
statesman. From the j'car liS72 to 1S77 was an 
important period in the history of Kansas, and during 
this time Thomas A. Osborn stood at the head of 
its affairs. Manj' vital questions were forced upon 
the Executive during these eventful j'ears, and the 
record he made then will ever endi ar him to the 
hearts of the people of the State he so ellicientlj' 
served. When tried he was not found wanting, 
but demonstrated that he possessed a sound judg- 
ment, a keen foresight, and an unfaltering devotion 
to the well-being and prosperity of the State. Though 
a stanch Kc[)ub!ican as a citizen, as a Governor he 
wa^ non [lartisan, and worked impartially to the bet- 
terment and welfare of the whole people. Not only 



has he l)cen a valued citizen of the State because 
he so ably filled the Gubernatorial Chair for two 
terms, but because for over a quarter of a eentuiy 
he has stood in the front rank of her most progres- 
sive and patriotic citizens, aiding in every laudable 
enterprise having for its object the public good. 

Thomas A. Osborn was born nearly lifty-two 
yi'arsago, at Mcadvillc, Pa., Oct. 20, 183G. He 
attended the common schools of his neighborhood 
during his boyhood, and at the age of fifteen com- 
menced life as a printer by carrying the newspapers 
of the office. Here he served a full apprenticeship, 
and in the meantime pursued the course of stuily 
which had been interrupted by the necessity of 
making his own living. By his laliors at the c.ise 
he was enabled in due time to earn enough monrv 
to pay his way through Allegheny College, and i:i 
185G he commenced the study of law in the olli;e 
of Judge Derrrickson, of his native town. Tlie 
year following he came to Michigan, and was soon 
afterward admitted to the bar. In Novendjcr. 
1857, he migrated to Kansas, and began his career 
in the Territory at Lawrence, asacompositor in the 
office of the Herald of Freedom. Such was his 
fidelity to duty, and his industry and elliciency. 
that he was soon promoted to the position of foreman, 
and in ^larch, 1858, the editor of the paper, after 
a two-weeks absence, expressed his thanks "to his 
worthy foreman, T. A. Osborn, Esq., for the very 
satisfactorj' manner in which he has conducted its 
columns." 

Before Mr. Osborn was twenty-two years old he 
commenced the ])ractice of law at Elwood, Doni- 
phan Countj', and soon acquired a fine reputation 
in his chosen profession. Politically, he waa a strong 



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THOMAS A. OSBORN. 



Republican and Free-State man, and in 1 859 was 
elected Senator from Doniphan County to the first 
State Legislature, taking his seat in 1861, when 
twenty-five years old. The .year following he was 
chosen Piesident ^jro <e7)i of the Senate during the 
absence of the Lieutenant Governor, and during 
the impeachment trial of Gov. Robinson and others. 
His next promotion was his election to the office of 
Lieutenant Governor over his competitor, Hon. J. J. 
Ingalls. 

In 1864 Mr. Osborn received the appointment of 
United .States Marshal in Kansas, by President 
Lincoln, and occupied the position until 1867, re- 
siding during and after his term of office at Leaven- 
worth. In tlie fall of 1872 he accepted from the 
hands of his party the nomination for Governor of 
Kansas. The convention assembled atTopeka, and 
their candidate was elected by a majority of 34,000. 
He was duly inaugurated in January, 1873, and 
served with so great ability and rendered such sat- 
isfaction that he was again chosen at the State Con- 
vention of his party for a second term. The fol- 
lowing November he was duly elected, and served 
another two years. 

It is |)n)i)er in this connection to give a resume 
of some of the occurrences in Kansas at the time 
Gov. Osborn occupied the position of State Execu- 
tive. In May, 1874, during his second year as 
Governor, the Indians on the southwestern frontier 
commenced depredations upon the settlers in Bar- 
bour County, which were confined for a time to the 
stealing of their cattle and horses. In an attempt 
to recover some of the plunder, a detachment of 
United States Cavalry fatally wounded a son of 
Little Robe, a chief of the Cheyennes. This in- 
cited the Indians to open outrages, and in June five 
murders were committed. These outrages alarmed 
tlie entire southwestern border, and action was at once 
taken to place the more exposed points in as good 
a condition of defense as was possible. Companies 
were organized and armed in readiness foranemer- 
genc}% and stockades were constructed by the set- 
tlers at Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Sun City, and at 
|)oinls midway between the two latter places. Not- 
willislauding these precautions, hundreds of people 
deserted their homes and sought protection in the 
larger towns. In July other murders were com- 
mitted, and suspicion pointed strongly to the Osage 
Indians. Early in August a party of these, twenty- 
five in number, ajjpeared near the town of Kiowa, 
claiming to be out on a buffalo hunt, and upon be- 
ing ordered to return to their reservation they re- 
fused to do so. This was communicated to Capt. 
Rickcr, who was in command of a compan}' of 
mounted militia, and who in setting out to find 
them, overtook them about fifteen miles northeast 



of Medicine Lodge. In the skirmish which ensued 
four Indians were killed. The savages now grew 
more bold and decided in their onslaught upon the 
white settlers, and by the 1st of September the}' 
had slain sixteen citizens, six of whom were resi- 
dents of Lawrence and peaceably engaged in sur- 
veying public lands forly miles south and twenty 
miles west of Dodge City. Gov. Osborn was com- 
pelled to keep the volunteer militia companies on 
the border in active service until nearly' the close 
of 1874, and between those who urged extreme 
measures and those who, more timid, advised a pol- 
icy of extreme forbearance, he was in a position re- 
quiring great ingenuity and temperance of action. 
Few men in his position could have done bettei-, 
and more would probably have failed in assisting to 
bring all these troubles to a peaceable conclusion. 

After leaving the Gubernatorial Chair in 1877, 
Mr. Osborn was aiipointcd by President Hayes, 
United States IMinister to Chili. In this i)osition he 
remained for four years, when he was tendered by 
President Garfield the position of Minister to the 
Empire of Brazil. This he accepted, and remained 
near the court of Don Pedro until the administra- 
tion of President Cleveland came into power. 

Mr. Osborn's record as a foreign Minister was 
not only highly creditable to our own Is'ation, but 
doubly so to him as an official and a citizen of the 
great peace-loving Republic of America. While in 
Chili he was quite active in trying to bring to an 
end the bloody war in which that country was en- 
g.aged with Pei'U and Bolivia, and in 1880 presided 
over a conference of representatives of the bellig- 
erent power on 1)oard the American man-of-war 
''Lackawanna" in the bay of Arica, which had in 
view that object. He also interested himsL-lf in 
bringing to a peaceful conclusion the long-pending 
boundary dispute between Chili and the Argentine 
Republic. For his valued and able services in this 
connection he received the thanks of both nations. 

Since Gov. Osborn's return to the United States 
he has occupied himself in various enterprises, and 
while not entirely eschewing politics, has made 
known his desire to be excused from lilling further 
official positions. He stood at the he^d of the Kansas 
delegation to the National Republican Convention in 
1888, and in tliat august assembly was a prominent 
figure. He is a man whose opinions are universally 
held in respect, and one who has no unimportant 
influence in the councils of his part\'. His early 
life and training served to build up within him that 
patience and self-reliance, and that perseverance in 
behalf of a worthy principle, wliich has been the 
secret of his standing among his fellowmen, and 
distinguished him as a man of more than ordinary 
ability, and one eminently to be trusted, 



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EORGE T. A X T H O N Y, 
the st'venlli Governor of 
the State of Kansas, came 
of an excellent family of the 
Eini)ire State, wlio were or- 
thodox Quakers rcligiousl.y, 
and who in i)()int of the ele- 
ments which go to ni:d<e up the bone 
and sinew of the social fabric, pos- 
sessed all the characteristics of that pe- 
culiar people. lie was born in Jlay- 
field. Fulton Co., N. Y., June 9, 1824, 
and spent his boyhood and youth on a 
farm, acquiring his education iiiosll}' 
in the winter season, anil making him- 
self useful at agricultural pursuits in summer. 
Aliout the age of nineteen he commenced learning 
the tin and copper smith's trade at Union Springs, 
Cayuga County, which he followed as a journc}'- 
uiau five j'ears, then repaircil to liallston Si>a, and 
elerkcfl in a hardware store until his removal to 
Medina, in I s:)0. 

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his future wife. Miss Rose A. Lyons, to whom he 
was married Dec. 14, 1S52, and thereafter for a 
period of nine 3'ears was engaged in trade in hard- 
ware, tin and stoves, and also carried on the manu- 
facture of stoves and agricultural implements. Later 
he engaged in the commission business, and in due 
time was made Loan Commissioner for Orleans 
Count}', being thus occupied three j-ears. 

During the late Rebellion and under the call of 
July 2, 18G2, for additional troops, Mr. Anllion}' 
was selected bj' request of Gov. Morton as one of a 
committee of seven to raise and organize troops in the 
Twentj'-cighth District of New York, embracing the 
counties of Orleans, Niagara and Genesee. In Au- 
gust following he was authorized to recruit an inde- 
pendent battery of light artillery of six guns, and 
which was subsequently known as the 17lh New 
York Independent Battery. Such was the in- 
dustr}- with which he set about this commission, 
that in four days the maximum number was secured 
and mustered into service, with Mr. Anthony as 
Captain, and lluT [irocccded at once to \V:ijhington. 



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GEORGE T. ANTHONY. 



Capt. Anthony served with his battery until the 
ulose of the war. operating between AVashington and 
Richmond, and in front of the hitter city and Pe- 
tersburg, being with the 18th Army Corps during 
the last year of the war. He was breveted Major 
for services in the last campaign ending at Appo- 
mattox Court House, and after the surrender of the 
Confederate forces, w.as mustered out of service at 
Richmond, Va., June 12, 1865. 

In November, I860, Mr. Anthony changed his 
residence from Rochester, N. Y., to Leavenworth, 
this State, and became editor of the Leavenworth 
Daily Bulletin, also of the Leavenworth Daily Con- 
servative, filling the position two^-earsand one-half. 
He subsequently assumed proprietorship of the Kan- 
sas Farmer, which he conducted six years. In the 
meantime such had been the zeal with which he in- 
terested himself in the affairs of a State struggling 
for recognition, and only needing good men for 
leaders, that he was recognized as a man eminently 
fitted for promotion, and in December, 1867, was 
appointed United States Internal Revenue Assistant 
Assessor, and the following year Collector of Inter- 
nal Revenue. For three years he was President of 
the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, and for two 
j'ears held the same position on the Board of Cen- 
tennial Managers for the State, and was discharging 
the duties of the three offices at the time of his 
election as Governor, on the 7th of November, 
:87G. 

Gov. Anthony, while State Executive, presided 
wisely as counsck)r over tlie many difficult ques- 
tions arising at that time, and retired from the 
oMice with the best wishes of tliose who had realized 
how faithfully he had endeavored to perform his 
:^cty. He continued his residence in Leavenworth 
: fter the expiration of his term of office, and there- 
after was employed much of the time in a respon- 
sible position, in connection with the extension of 
the great Santa Fe Railroad through New Mexico 
and into Old Mexico. 

Tiiat Gov. Anthony was popular during his in- 
cumbencj- of the Executive office, is indicated by 
the fact that the county seat of Harper County was 
named in his honor. Over the establishment of 
this town there was much earnest debate in regard 
to its location and many other important details in 



connection therewith. It is now a city of impor- 
tance, and was honored with a post-office in the 
summer of 1878. At first the service was only 
weekl}-, but in due time became daily, and it was 
made a money-order office in 1880. Previous to 
this, however, a bank had been established in a 
small frame structure standing on the street, and 
its business was soon conducted in a store building, 
with a capital of $20,000. The Globe Mills were put 
up in 1880-81, at a cost of over $25,000, and in due 
time commanded a large trade from points in the 
Indian Territory, as well as the surrounding towns. 

Churches and newspapers sprang up in due time 
in the town of Anthony, and various lodges of the 
different societies were named in honor of the 
Governor. The town itself lies on the edge of a 
beautiful valley, a trifle over two miles from the 
geographical center of Harper County, and the site 
was selected after much deliberation by the Town 
Company, which had been formed at Wichita for 
the purpose, as it was found desirable to establish a 
town not far from the center of Harper County, 
which embraced large tracts of beautiful rolling 
land. The projected town was considered a 
matter of serious importance, and not the least 
among the matters connected with its establishment 
was the name by which it should l)e called. The 
descendants of Gov. Anthonj- may be pardoned if 
in preserving their family history they keep prop- 
erly in view this fact in connection therewith. The 
town site was made to cover 320 acres, and the first 
work of the company was to build a barracks for 
the accommodation of emigrants, and to dig three 
public wells. 

About as soon as the announcement went forth 
that the " city of Anthony " was ready for settle- 
ment, about a dozen box houses sprang up as if t:)y 
magic, and were soon followed by a store of general 
merchandise, a hardware and a drug-store, and closely 
upon the heels of tlicse came a physician and an 
attornej". The new town grew rapidly', and now 
occupies a proud position among the other cities 
adjacent, going in some respects ahead of those 
which are older. As may be supposed, the patriot, 
the ex-soldier, and one of the most conscientious 
men who ever occupied the Gubernatorial Chair of 
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JOHN, eighth 
f the State of 
Ivansas, was born in Brook- 
iickl, Franlvliu Co., Ind., 
Keb. 25, 1833. The family 
is of Huguenot descent. 
Daniel St. John, the paternal 
grandfather, was a native of 
I Luzerne Countj-, Pa., and for 
/Ajj '■' sixty years was one of the fore- 
most ministers of the Universalist 
*^- / denomination, preaching with un- 

f swerving faith the doctrines he 
had espoused, and illustrating their 
puritj'byaguilelcssand unUirnished 
J reputation. He was the friend and 
contemporary of Murra)', Ballon, Strcoter and 
Thomas, and was numbered with them as one of 
the American falheis of this religious faith. Ik- 
was also a Freemason, and at the lime of his 
death, which occurred in Broad liipple, Ind., was 
the oldest member of liic fraternity in the State. 

Tlie subject f>f this sketch was the son of Samuel 
.St. .bihn, who was born in Orange County, N. V., 
lid w.as a man of more than ordinary abilit3'. The 
mother, Sophia (Snell) .'^t. John, was of Knglish 
extraction, a lady of rare intelligence, with a char- 
acter adorned by all the Christian virtues. The 
children of farmers in Itie rural (bstricts of Indiana 
I'orly years ago were Uiught liy such instructors as 
the limited means of the inliabitiints eould com- 
mand, and who dispensed knowledge usually only 
two short terms each year. L'n<lcr these eircuui- 



stances the early education of John P. St. Johi. 
was acquired. He soon mastered the elementary 
branches taught in tiie district school, but deter- 
mined to carry on his education as soon as he could 
secure the means, and for this purpose, while yet 
a youth, entered a store, but devoted his leisure 
hours to his books. 

In 18j2 Mr. .St. John made liis way to the Pa- 
cific Slope, and emplo3'ed himself at whatever he 
could find to do — wood-chopping, steamboating, 
mining, merchandising, etc. During the period of 
eight years, which were pregnant with adventure, 
hardship, danger and toil, if not of jirofit, he made 
voyages to Central America, .South America. 
Mexico, Oregon and the .Sandwich Islands. He 
w;is engaged in the Indian Wars of Northern Cali- 
fornia and .Southern Oregon in 1852-53, in which 
he suffered all the perils and hardships incident to 
the struggles of that time, and was several times 
wounded in the service. 

During his mining life in California the long- 
cherished predilection of Mr. St. John for the legal 
profession ripened into a definite purpose. lie 
•accordingly procured a few elementary law bc)oks, 
and under circumstances calculated to ivy the 
courage of one less determined, he C(»mnienced his 
law studies in his mining caii)[). reading each even- 
ing after the close of the day's labor by the light 
of a burning pine knot or the camp fire, lie thus 
pursued his studies laboriously for two years. In 
18G0 he returned eastward with but little more of 
this world's goods than wlien he set out eight yc-vrs 
before, but equii)))ed with a rich exiwrience, a 



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knowleiige of the world and a fair idea of common 
law. With the view of perfecting himself still 
further in Iiis studies, he entered the office of 
Messrs. Starkweather & McLain, at Charleston, 111., 
and at the expiration of a year's time was admitted 
to practice at the bar, and became a member of the 
firm above mentioned. 

The anticipated professional career of Mr. St. 
John, however, w.as rudely broken in upon by the 
mutterings of Civil War, and laj'ing aside bis per- 
sonal interests, he enlisted as a private in Company 
C, 68th Illinois Infantry. The regiment was soon 
sent to Alexandria, Va., and St. John was assigned 
to detached duty as Assistant Adjutant General. 
He continued in this capacity until his term of 
enlistment had expired, but subsequently at Camp 
Mattoon, 111., he was placed in command of the 
troops there, given the commission of Captain, and 
upon the organization of the 143d Illinois, was 
elected Lieutenant Colonel of this regiment. They 
operated subsequently in the Mississippi Valley, and 
Col. St. John continued in the service until 1864, 
when he retired to private life, and resumed the 
[)ractice of law in connection with Judge McLaini 
the surviving partner of the old firm. 

In February, I860, Mr. St. John with his family 
removed to Independence, Mo., where he first 
became prominent as a politician, and as a most 
effective and popular orator. During his four- 
years residence at that point he took an active part 
in tiie political campaign of 1868, making an effect- 
ive and vigorous canvass of Western Missouri in 
lichalf of the nominees of the Republican party. In 
May, I860, he changed his residence to Olathe, 
Kan., and associated himself with M. Y. B. Parker 
for the practice of law. This continued until 1875, 
and Mr. St. John then formed a partnership with 
Hon. I. O. Pickering, of Ol.athe, and continued the 
pr.aclice of his profession until pressing public 
duties forced him to abandon it. 

The prominence of Gov. St. John in public life 
seems to have become his unsought, and as the re- 
sult of circumstances entirelj' outside his individ- 
ual purposes or designs. Up to 1872 he had given 
only such attention to political affairs as was 
vouchsafed by all intelligent and patriotic voters. 
He had held unsought the v.arious local ofHces 



which fall to the lot of responsible citizens in the 
administr.ation of town affairs, and .as an ardent Re- 
publican had done .acceptable work on the stump 
during the canvass of 1868. Four years later he 
was elected State Senator from Johnson County, 
and at once took a leading position, both on the 
floor as a debator, and in the committee rooms as 
an efficient business member. 

The temperance movement found a sturdy and 
fearless advocate of prohibition in Mr. St. John. 
Consequently when the question came to be .an 
issue in the politics of Kansas, he was at once rec- 
ognized as the fit exponent and defender of the 
then unpopular doctrine. The Kansas State Tem- 
perance Convention accordingly nominated him as 
its candidate for Governor, in 1876. He declined 
tlie nomination, although iu full accord with the 
convention on the issue it presented. That same 
fall he was on the first ballot in the Republican 
convention, the leading gubernatorial candidate. 
On the seventh ballot he withdrew his name, which 
action resulted in the nomination and subsequent 
election of Hon. George T. Anthony-. 

At the Republican State Convention held two 
years Later at Topeka, in August, 1878, Mr. St. 
John received the Republican nomination for 
Governor. Considering the distracting element of 
a third party, the campaign was brilliant and effect- 
ive, and the result one of the most decisive politi- 
cal victories ever achieved in the State. In 1880, 
in a total vote of 198,238, Mr. St. John was re- 
elected by a m.ajority over the next highest candi- 
date of 51,647 and a majority over all of 32,170, a 
f.act which shows how satisfactory to the people 
had been the manner in which he had discharged 
the duties of his office during iiis first term. 

The great exodus of the colored people from the 
Southern States to Kansas began in 1879, and Gov. 
St. John at once took an active interest in their 
behalf. Through his influence, personal and official, 
the necessities of thousands of these destitute and 
suffering people were relieved and themselves 
placed in a position to become self-sustaining. In 
1882 his friends norainateil him as Governor for a 
third term, but he failed of are-election. In 1884 
he was the nominee of the Prohibition party for 
President, and received 150.000 votes. 





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KORGK W. (JLICIv, ninth 
Governor of Kansas, was its 
first Democratic State Ex- 
ecutive, lie was born at. 
Greeiieastle, Fairfiehl Co., 
Ohio, .Tilly 4, 1827, and on 
the |)atcrnal side is of Ger- 
man descent. His great-grandfather, 
Henry Click, was one of five brothers 
who left the beautiful Rhine country 
^t^^Pi> ])rior to the Kevokilionar^- War. In 
t^lWyj I'''* iu'iiiortal struggle the}' ail partici- 
pated and subsequentl3- settled in I'enn- 
sj'lvania. George Glide, grandfather 
of the Governor, served as a soldier 
in the War of 1812, and was severely- wounded at 
the battle of Ft. Meigs. 

Isaac Click, the father of George AV., and who 
was prominent as a farmer and stuck-raiser of San- 
dusky County, Ohio, held fur three consecutive 
terms the office of Treasurer of that county, and 
was a man accounted above reproach, both in his 
business and private character. He married Miss 
Mary Sanders, daughter of George Sanders, who 
was a soldier patriot in the War of 1812, in whicii 
he ranked as a Captain and bore the marks of his 
bravery in bodily wounds of a serious nature. Mrs. 
Mar^- (Sanders) Click is a lady of high culture and 
great piet}', active in the work of Christian charity, 
and of that retiring disposition which fidlj- car- 
ried out the command of the great teacher, "Let 
not thj- right hand know what Ihy left hand doeth." 
As a boy, George AV. Click was more than usuall}- 
stu<li<ius, and acquired a good English education, 
embracing the higher malhematics and the lan- 
guages, whicli lent a poliish to his practical sense and 
business qualillcalions, and enabled hiui to succeed 



almost uniformly in his undertakings. AVhen he 
was a little latl of five years the family removed to 
Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, where, after com- 
pleting his education, he entered the law odice of 
Auckland <fe Hayes, the junior member of the firm 
being afterward President of the United States. In 
due time he passed a thorough examination in con- 
nection with the Cincinnati Law School students, 
and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court. 

Mr. Click commenced the practice of his profes- 
sion at Fremont, Ohio, where his careful attention 
to the interests of his clients secured him a large 
l)atronage. Later he removed to Sandusky City, 
and in 1858 was made the Congressional nominee 
of the Democratic party in his district, but declined 
the honor in the presence of the convention, but 
accepted later the nomination for State Senator. 
Although defeated, he ran nearly 2,000 votes ahead 
of his party ticket. Later he was elected Judge 
Advocate General of the 2d Regiment of the Sev- 
enteenth Division of the Ohio Militia, with the rank 
of Colonel, receiving his commission from Gov. 
Salmon V. Ch.ase. 

Late in 1858 Mr. Click came to Kansas, locating 
in Atchison, and associated himself in the practice 
of law with Hon. Alfred C. Otis. This gentlem.an 
was well versed in jurisprudence, and as Judge of 
the Second Judicial District from Januar\', 1877, to 
January, 1881, won golden opinions as an adminis- 
trator of justice. The firm of Otis &. Click contin- 
ued fifteen j-eai-s, and was finally dissolved in con- 
sequence of a throat affection from which Mr. Click 
had suffered for some time. The firm settled np 
its affairs annually, never a dispute occurring, 
its last settlement having been effected within an 
hour. 

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GEORGE W. GLICK. 



Constitution, Dec. 6, 1859, Mr. Glick was made the 
Democratic nominee for Judge of the Second Judi- 
cial District, and received a vote larger than that 
of any candidate on his ticket. He was elected a 
member of the House of Representatives from the 
cit)' of Atchison, in 1862, and each consecutive year 
thereafter until 1867. He was re-elected in 1875 
and again in 1 880. During these years he was Chair- 
man of the Judiciary Committee, and was chosen 
to fill this position by the Republican Speakers of 
the House, who manifested the utmost confidence 
in his wisdom and integrity. Thereafter he served 
on the most important committees existing, and 
during the session of 1876 was Speaker 2^ro tern of 
the House. In May, 1874, he served as State Sen- 
ator, having been elected to fill the vacancy caused 
by the resignation of the Hon. Joseph C. Wilson. 
From this time on Mr. Glick was constantly called 
into requisition by his party, being in 1886 a dele- 
gate to the Union Convention at Philadelphia, and 
in 1870 a member of the Democratic State CcnU;il 
Committee. Subsequently he was a member of U.e 
State Central Relief Committee, and was commis- 
sioned a Centennial Manager by Gov. Thomas A. 
Osborn in 1876. Subsequently he was elected 
Treasurer of the Board of Managers, and was pres- 
ent at the first meeting in Philadelphia, wlien the 
arranging of the display was completed. In July, 
1882, he was nominated by acclamation as the Dem- 
ocratic candidate for Governor, and at the election 
received considerable support outside of his party. 
Mr. Glick was County Commissioner of Atchison 
County upon his accession to the office of Governor, 
and was also holding the position of Auditor. In 
his election to this office he received about forty- 
six per cent of the votes cast, and was outdone by 
only one man in this respect, namely, John P. St. 
John, who, in 1880, received about fifty -eight per 
cent. Although a man of temperate habits, he does 
not consider prohibition a sovereign remedy for 
the evils arising from the use of, and traffic in, in- 
toxicating drinks. In February, 1876, while a 
member of Aie House and during the tendency of 
the proposed amendment to the Dram Shop Act, he 
entered a protest, which was spread upon the House 
Journal, in which he maintained that the Prohibi- 
tory Liquor Law had, wherever tried, failed to ac- 



complish its purpose, and that this proposition was 
conceded by all who were not controlled bj' fanat- 
icism ; that no one would attempt to enforce suen 
a law, and that regulation and control of the traffic 
was an absolute necessity for the preservation of 
the peace and good order of society, and that this 
control was made of no effect by the proposed 
amendment. 

Mr. Glick furthermore contended that the reve- 
nue derived from the sale of intoxicating liquors 
aided in paying the burdensome expenses following 
the wake of such sales, and that by the proposed 
law the burdens upon the public were increased 
while its ability to prevent them was decreased. 
He believed that if the bill became a law it would 
increase the number of places where liquor would be 
sold, thereby resulting in the increase of the evils of 
the traffic, and also the expenses of protecting life and 
propert}' and preserving the public peace. 

The early Kansas railroads found in Gov. Glick 
a stanch and efficient assistant, and he was one 
of the first Directors of the Central Branch of the 
Union Pacific, running west from Atchison. He 
was also a Director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa 
Fe — the important transportation line of the State 
and of the country west of the Mississippi. From 
the time of the organization of the Atchison & Ne- 
braska, he was its President to its completion, and 
spent four years of incessant labor in order to effect 
its construction from Atchison to the capital city 
of Omaha. He organized the Atchison Gas Com- 
pany and secured the building of the works. Many 
of the buildings in the city of Atchison, both busi- 
ness and dwelling-houses, were erected by him, and 
he has generously disbursed his capital to encourage 
those enterprises best calculated to increase the im- 
portance of the city. 

Mr. Glick was married at Massillon, Ohio, Sept. 
17, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. A. 
Ryder, of Fremont, that State. AVhile he was State 
Executive his son Frederick was his private secre- 
tary. This son and a daughter Jennie are his only 
children. Mr. Glick was the first Mastei of the 
Shannon Hills Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. 
He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity 
nearly forty years, and aided ia organizing the 
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I IE toiilh Governor of Kansas 
was born JIarth 10, ISo'J. at 
Brownsville, Pa., and in his 
early flaj's, after an ordinary 
education, learned llie prin- 
ter's trade. In is,')7 lie went 
to Pittsburgh, and was cni- 
plo3'ed in the olliee of tiic Commer- 
cial Journal, and earl^' in October 
of that year he emigrated to 
Kansas and located in Atchison, 
lie purchased the olHcc of the 
SquatlPr Socereign in February, 
I8.J8, and changed its name to the 
Freeman's CJiampion, and f)n the 
•20th of tlic month commenced his 
-. > editorial career in this State, by 

the issue of the first number of the paper which he 
has since been identified with. He was always a 
stanch free-State man, and an earnest and ardent 
Kcpublican, being among the organizers of that 
grand old ])nity in his native State. lie w.as .Sec- 
retar}' of the W^'audottc Constitutional Convention, 
and was elected State Senator before he was of age. 
During the summer of IHOl Mr. Martin assisted 
in organizing the 8tli Kansas Infantry, of which he 
was apiK)inted Lieutenant Colonel. The regiment 
served on the Missouri border during the fall and 



winter of I8G1. Early in 1SG2 lie was appointed 
Provost ^larshal of Leavenworth, and in March of 
the same j'car his regiment was ordered to Corinth, 
Miss., Lieut. Col. Martin in command. A few weeks 
after, when at Corinth, tiie regiment with the 
division to which it was attached, was ordered to 
join Gen. Hnell in Tennessee, and thereafter during 
the whole war it served in the Armj' of the Cumber- 
land. Lieut. Col. Martin was promoted to be 
Colonel on the 1st of November, 1862, and was 
Provost Marshal of Nashville, Tenn., from Decem- 
ber, 18G2, to June, 1803. The regiment, under his 
command, took part in the battles of Perryville 
and Lancaster, Ky., the campaign against Tiii- 
lalioniaand Ciiattaiiooga, tiie battle of Chickamaiiga, 
the siege of Chattauooga, the storming of Mission 
Ridge, the campaign of East Tennessee, in the win- 
ter of 1 8();i-(;4, tlie campaign from Chattanooga to 
Atlanta, and the subsequent pursuit of Hood north- 
ward. Col. Martin commanded the 3d Brigade, 1st 
Division, 20th Army Corps, on the second day of 
the battle of Chickamauga, and during the siege of 
Chattanooga, and commanded the 1st Brigade, 3d 
Division, 4th Army Corps, from August, 18G4, until 
his muster out at Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 17, 18G4. 

In a lengthy description of the battle of Mission 
Ridge, piil)lished in th" New Vrnk Timf.i of .July 



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JOHN A. MARTIN. 



18, 1876, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Wood, who com- 
manded the 3d Division, 4th Corps, Army of the 
Cumberland, says: 

"Willich's brigade, in the center, had with it the 
heroic, accomplished Martin, Colonel of the 8th 
Kansas. AVhat that regiment could not take it was 
not worth while to send any other regiment to look 
for. Martin was among the foremost to set the 
example of the upward movement, and among the 
first to reach the crest." 

In a letter published in the Cincinnati Commer- 
cial ot Jan. 24, 1876, the late Brig. Gen. August 
Willieh, commander of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 
4th Army Corps, after stating that the orders he 
received at Orchard Knob, concerning the advance 
to Mission Kidge, were to "take the rifle pit at the 
foot of Mission Ridge, and to keep that position," 
and describing the advance to the base of the ridge 
and the capture of the rifle pits there, says : 

•'Herein the work assigned by Gen. Grant was 
accomplished. But now the fire of the enemy be- 
came very severe; the shells rent the ground in 
every direction; our lines were infiladed from the 
different spars of the ridge, where the enemy was 
protected again.st our fire by his works and his 
dominant position. Tliere appeared at first thought 
to Gen. AVillich, holding position about 100 yards 
behind the rifle pits, to be only three chances, viz : 
To obey orders and to be shot without effective 
resistance ; to fall back, or to charge. The second 
chance being out of the question, I galloped with 
Lieut. Green, of my st.ifif, up to the 8th Kansas, 
lying in line behind the rifle pits. Col. Martin, 
commanding the regiment, seeing me, jumped on 
the breastworks and shouted : 'Here we are. Gen- 
eral, what more.'' 'Forward, storm! We have to 
take the works on the ridge,' was the answer. The 
Colonel: 'Altogether, boj's, forward! Hip, hip, 
iiurrah!' Like one man, the whole line, with one 
leap, cleared the breastworks; forward they moved 
and the air was soon filled with the sound, 'Forward ! 
Forward!' extending more and more, rightand left." 

Returning home. Col. Martin resumed control of 
the Atchison Champion early in January-, 186.5, and 
on the 22d of March issued the first number of tlie 
Daily Champion. He has been commander of the 
department, a delegate to the National Republican 



Conventions of 1860, 1868, 1872 and 1880; was a 
United States Centennial Commissioner, and one of 
the Vice Presidents of that bodj- ; was one of the 
incorporators of the State Historical Societj-, of 
which he was President for one term; was elected 
by the two Houses of Congress one of the Board of 
Managers of the National Soldiers' Home, in 1878, 
and re-elected in 1882, being now Second Vice 
President of that body. He was married, June 1, 
1871, to Miss Ida Challiss, eldest daughter of Dr. 
AVilliam L. Challiss, of Atchison, and has seven 
children. 

At the Republican State Convention, held in 
Topeka July 17, 1884, the rules were suspended and 
John A. Martin was nominated for Governor by 
acclamation. At the November election following 
he was elected Governor by a plurality' of 38,495 
votes. At the Republican State Convention, held 
in Topeka July 7, 1886, he was again unanimousl3' 
nominated for a second term, and at the November 
election following was elected Governor by a plu- 
rality vote of 33,918. He was the first and only 
Governor of Kansas who w.is twice unanimously 
nominated by his part}' for tliat office, and has 
served with distinction, filling the honored position 
occupied by his able predecessors with equal ability, 
and giving to the people as the Chief Executive of 
the populous and growing State, satisfaction. He 
is a man of honest, upright character, and abhors 
trickery and deceit, and in looking over his long 
and useful life he maj' well feel a just pride at the 
position he has won in the esteem and confidence 
of honest men, and the respect of all good citizens. 
There are but few men of the stirring State of 
Kansas who have been more closely identified with 
all public movements for the general welfare and 
prosperity of the State than John A. Martin. His 
name may be found on almost every page of the 
memorable history of Kansas, from the liolding of 
the first Republican Convention, held at Osawato- 
mie in 1859, until to-day, when he is the leading 
spirit among the enterprising men of the most pro- 
gressive State of the Nation. A man of excellent 
judgment, moved by honest purpose and love for 
the general welfare of tlie whole State, lie is always 
found identified with the right, and, as might be 
expected, popular with the people. 




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r'ON. L. U. HlMl'HREY. 
Tliis distinguisbed gen- 
tleman was chosen Gov- 
ernor of Kansas, at the 
election held in Novem- 
ber, 1888. He had made 
for himself an iionorabic record on 
the deadly- battle-field, as v,rcll as iii 
the more monotonous, though not 
less courage-requiring hours of po- 
litical life, in tiic fields of journal- 
ism, in the forensic arena, and in 
the various capacities in which he 
has labored for the public weal. It 
is not our purpose in this brief 
sketch, to dwell at great length \\\-X)n his private 
life, Ills public record suflicing to indicate that his 
character is nolile, and his example a worthy one. 
Gov. Humphrey was born in .Stark County, Ohio, 
.Inly 25, 1814. His father. Col. Lyman Ilumphrej', 
who was a native of Connecticut, of Knglisli de- 
scent, and a lawyer of distinction, died when the 
subject of this sketch was but eight years of age. 
At the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, Gov. 
Humphrey was attending the High School at Mas- 
sillon. and his fervid, patriotic heart was thrilled to 
the utmost, with an enthusiastic desire to serve his 
conntr}', and uphold the flag which he had been 
taught to revere. Though only a boy of seven- 



teen, ho enlisted in Company I, 76th Ohio Infan- 
try, a regiment famous fur its bravery, and for the 
eminent men who belonged to it. Such w.as the gal- 
lantry, and the projjcr conception of a soldier's du- 
ties exhibited by him, that he had been promoted 
to the otlice of 1st Lieutenant, had acted as Adju- 
tant of his regiment, and had commanded a coir- 
pany for a year, before he w.as out of his minority. 

Much active service was experienced hy Ca[)t. 
Humphrey, and among the battles in which he par 
ticipated, were those of Donolson, Pittsburg Land 
ing, Corinth, tiie siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, 
Atlanta, and the fighting around that city, he be 
ing under fire five or six weeks in that single cam- 
paign. He w.as with Sherman in his march to the 
sea, was present at the capture of .Savannah, ami 
was engaged in many other trying scenes. He was 
with his regiment in the campaign through the 
Carolin,as, and took part in the battle of Benton- 
villc, as well as in the cajjture of Gen. Joe John- 
ston's army. He was twice wounded, once at 
Pittsburg Landing, and once at Chattanooga, but 
refused to retire fnjm the field. During the four 
years of his milit;iry service, he never was absent 
from duty for a d.iy. The regiment of which he 
was a member, belonged to the 1st Brigade, 1st 
Division, l.Hli Corps, Army of the Tennessee. * 

At the termination of the war Capt. Humphrey 
resumed the studies wUicl' had been interrupted by 



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LYMAN U. HUMPHREY. 



the '"irrepressible conflict," feeling the need of a 
more tliorough education to fit liim to act well his 
part in the battle of life. He entered Mt. Union 
College, and soon after matriculated in the law de- 
partment of the Michigan Universitj', from which 
he was fjraduated after having completed his stud- 
ies in the legal profession. Returning to his native 
State he was admitted to practice in the several 
courts of Ohio, in 18G8, but feeling that the West 
would afford a broader field for his labors, he re- 
moved to Shelby County, Mo., where for a time he 
assisted in editing the Shelby County Herald. 

The newer Slate of Kansas, which had already 
become the home of many men eminent in various 
waliis of life, seemed to beckon Capt. Humphrey 
still further West, and in February, 1871, he crossed 
the Missouri and located at Independence. He 
formed a law jiartnership with the Hon. Alexander 
M. York, the attempt at wliose briberj' b}- Senator 
Pomeroy in 1873, during the contest for United 
Stales Senatorial honors, brought his name promi- 
nently before the people of Kansas as an opponent 
lo fraud and corruption. The legal relation be- 
tween the two gentlemen lasted until 1876, after 
which time Gov. Humphre}- continued the practice 
i)f ills chosen profession alone. The Independence 
Tribvrie was founded by Messrs. A .M. York, 
W. T. Yoe and L. U. Humphrej% the latter with- 
drawing from tlie firm at the expiration of a j-ear. 

Gov. Ilumphrej' had not long been a resident of 
Kansas before his talents were known and his fit- 
ness for public office appreciated. In 1871, the 
year of his arrival in the State, he was honored by 
the Republican nomination as candidate for a seat 
in the State Legislature, but because of his vigor- 
ous opposition to the issue of questionable bonds 
to the L. L. & G. Railroad Company, he was de- 
feated by a small vote. In 1876 he was vindicated 
by an election to the House from a district form- 
erly Democratic, and served two years as a member 
of the Republican Stale Central Committee. In 
1877 Melville J. Salter having accepted a position 
in the land office at Independence, resigned his 
position as Lieutenant Governor, and our subject 
was cliosen to fill the vacancy. His principal op- 
ponent was the Democratic candidate, Thomas "W. 
Waterson, who received 24,740 votes, while Mr. 



Humphrey received 62,750, his majoritj' ove*.' all 
other candidates being 27,38L The following year 
he was re-elected; tlie covention which nominated 
him having, after a protracted and exciting strug- 
gle, placed John P. St. John at the head of the 
ticket. 

In 1884 Mr. Humphrey was elected to the State 
Senate for the term of four years, and iipon tlie or- 
ganization of that Legislative bod3- was chosen 
President, pro tem, by a unanimous vote. On 
July 25, 1888, that being the forty-fourth anni- 
versary of his birth, he was nominated for Gover- 
nor of the State of Kansas, and was elected by the 
splendid majority of 73,361. Gov. Humphrey 
carried 104 out of the 106 counties in the State, 
his opponent in the contest being no less prominent 
a person than Judge John Martin. 

Gov. Humphrey has been frequentl}' called upon 
to preside as a Judge, pro tem. of the District 
Court, an honor which indicates the degree of con- 
fidence reposed in him bj' the public. He has been 
an active Republican, and has an enviable record 
both as a speaker and writer in behalf of the prin- 
ciples to which he is a devotee. He is dec)ily in- 
terested in the promulgation of the fundamental 
doctrines of true government, and the loyal prin- 
ciples for which our forefathers in earlier years and 
our nearer kinsmen in recent times, gave their 
strength and even their lives. He belongs to the 
Loyal Legion, a body made up of those who, like 
himself, are intensely patriotic. Also is a member 
of the G. A. R., and a prominent Mason. His affa- 
bility, his frankness, and his justice in dealing with 
men. has won for him a high place in the esteem of 
all with whom he comes in contact, either personally 
or through the medium of his published addresses. 
His keen perception as to the wants of the growing 
State, his desire that she shall be built up in all the 
elements that constitute the true greatness and glory 
of a government or of a people, and the powers of 
discrimination, which lead him to discern right from 
wrong, justice from injustice, especially qualify him 
for the high office to which the people called him. 

Gov. Humphre}^ was married at Independence on 
Christmas Day, 1872, to Miss Leonard, daughter of 
James C. Leonard. The^' have two cli Idren, Ly- 
man L.. and A. Lincoln. 







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/NIC of the most important fac- 
tors ill the business flevelop- 

nient and prosjicrity of a 

•75 " . . 

la JT, CMl\ . I'oiinty or State, is its 

.^•■'iP r:iilioail coiiiniiinifations. A 
ietrcis|)ectl(jn of the history 
of tiie Soutii I'latte Country since 
) tlie advent of railroad facilities, will 
eonvince tlie careful observer of the 
' iininense lieiielit resulting frf)ni the 
introduction of this essential afljiinct 
of commercial enterprise. The fol- 
lowing brief sketches of the leading 
railroads of this section of the great 
commonwealth will form an interesting feature of 
this Ai.niM. It in.ay bo remarked in this connec- 
tion that the roads referred to are not only the im- 
l)ortant corporations of Kansas, but stand among 
the first in the Nation. 




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Tlu" Missouri I»a<-ific Hiiilwa.^ System. 

i^--^n IS great system, which now threads its way 
;/k@i> through several Slates west of the Mississippi 
'^^^f^ River, has been a potential f.actor in the de- 
velopment of Missouri .nnd Kansas, and with its 
accustomed enterprise, a short time ago penetrated 
with its lines intit the rich agricultural districts of 



Nebraska, to compete in this growing State with its 
rajiidly accumulating business. It was also among 
the pioneer roads in Kansas, and its many branches 
now traverse in different directions the most thickly 
settled portions of the State. It has contributed 
in a large measure, liy its liberal and aggressive 
policy toward the rapid development of the great 
resources of Kansas. It is interesting to note 
brielly its history, as it was the first road built 
West from St. Louis, as early as 1850-51. The 
[ireliniinary steps to build the road were taken, and 
it has since gradually extended its lines, like the 
arteries and veins of the human system, until it has 
encompassed in its range the best portions of Mis- 
souri. Kansas and Nebraska, and has even reached 
out and ta[)ped the large commercial centers of 
Te.\as and Colorado. In Missouri its several lines 
and connections jiierce the great coal and mineral 
fields of the State, enabling it to lay down in Kan- 
sas City, To|ieka, Leavenworth, Atchison. Wichita, 
Omaha and Lincoln, cheaper than any other roads, 
those essential adjuncts so neccssaiy in the devel- 
opment of commercial centers, and even the set- 
tlers in the outlying districts of Kansas and Ne- 
braska have fuel laid down to them more cheaply 
on account of this road. 

Its s|)leiidid and far-reaching management ex- 
tends to its patrons, both in freight and passenger 
trallic. the best facilities for reaching the sea-board 
and the great Kasterii marls of trade. 'I'lie^rowth 



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and development of tlie Missouri Pacific s3stetn 
liave been rapid and fully abreast of the times. Its 
local business is enormous and rapidly increasing. 
In respect to its through business no other road 
or system in the West is better equipi)ed than this. 
Its steel rail tracks, well ballasted road-beds and 
sui)erior passenger coaches constitute it one of the 
greatest railroad s\-stems of the We^t. Its superb 
fast train between St. Louis and Denver via Kansas 
C'ily and Pueblo, is unquestionably the most ele- 
gant and best equipped train of any road which 
entei's the Peerless City of the Plains. It runs more 
passenger trains and finer coaches between St. Louis 
and Kansas Cit,\ than any other road, and tlie 
volume of its freight traffic between the above- 
mentioned emporiums of the State of ISIissouri, is 
vastlj- greater than any other line. It has con- 
tributed in a marked and wonderful degree toward 
the building up of tlie various cities along its nu- 
merous lines. Kansas City has felt its influence 
more than that of any other road centering tiiere, 
largely on account of its lines that lead into the 
heart of the coal, iron and granite fields of Mis- 
souri, and the extensive timber districts of Arkan- 
sas, and by its connecting lines with the extensive 
and growing cattle interests of Texas nnd the 
Southwest. 

It gives to its numerous and rapidly increasing 
patronage in Nebraska and Kansas, unsurpassed 
facilities for reaching the great health resorts of 
Arkansas and Texas over its line from Omaha to 
St. Louis, about five hundred miles in extent. It 
runs the finest trains between these two cities, pass- 
ing through Weeping Water, where connection is 
made with the line from Lincoln, the State capital. 
thence to Nebraska City and Falls City, in Ne- 
braska, and St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, 
before reaching Kansas City. The length of its main 
line and branches is over 322 miles, its northern 
terminus being Omaha, where connections are made 
' with all the roads centering in that metropolis. 
The line from Omaha to Falls is n.5 miles, the 
Crete branch 58 miles, Lincoln to Auburn 7G miles, 
Warwick to Prosserand Hastings 73 miles. Various 
extensions and divisions are constantly being made 
in Nebraska. Thus it will be seen that this road 
already taps the two leading cities in the State, 



Omaha and Lincoln, besides Nebraska City, rapidly 
growing into importance, and likewise Hastings. 

Kansas is literally covered by the lines and 
branches of the Missouri Pacific Railway, which 
amount in mileage in the State to over three thons- 
iind. The Central Branch Division extends from 
St. Joseph and Atchison, through the northern por- 
tion of the State out toward the western line, giv- 
ing the rich counties in these tiers and the flourishing 
cities and towns, direct outlet to Omaha. Kansas 
City and St. Louis. 

Another main stem extends through the central 
portion of the State, from Kansas City to Pueblo, 
over which through trains are run from vSt. Louis 
and Kansas City to Pueblo and Denver. Still 
farther to the south is the Ft. Scott, Wichita <fe West- 
ern Railway, extending from the eastern to the 
southwestern portion of the State, and giving a di- 
rect outlet from lliilcthinson, Wichita, and the 
growing countrj- in this part of this State. Kansas 
City and St. Louis. In the extreme south of the 
State, the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Division, 
extends from Chetopa through Larned and the 
western part of the State, opening up the rich coun- 
try tributary to Larned, Conway Springs, Winfield, 
Arkansas Cit>- and CoEfeyville, and giving it a di- 
rect outlet .also to St. Louis. A new division has 
already been surveyed, and work commenced from 
Ft. Scott through to Tipton in ^lissouri, on the 
Main Line, which will bring Central and Southern 
Kansas nearer than they have ever been before to 
St. Louis and the great centers of the East. I'er- 
liaps the most momentous event in the history of 
the road for the past j'^ear, has been the completion 
of the small portion amounting to about eighty- 
two miles, of the Kansas & Arkansas A'alley Rail- 
way, extending from Ft. Smith up through the 
Indian Territory to Coffeyville. It is hardly real- 
ized as yet, what this means for the great country 
west and south of the Missouri River. This, it will 
readily be seen by a glance at the map, gives a 
direct line between the great cotton and iron 
producing country of the Southeast, and the corn, 
wheat, pork and beef producing region of the West, 
formed by the divisions of the Missouri Pacific 
Railway, south from Omaha, St. Joseph and Kan- 
City — also from Denver. Pueblo and Wichita to 



TKANM'OUrATiON. 



Coffi'vville, the KniisasiV- Ark;ins:is ^';^llcy l{-iil\vaj\ 
fxli'iuliiig from Coffeyville via WagoiRT to Ft. 
Siiiilli, a division of tlie ijreal Iron Mountain 
Koiitc. wlii';li, as is well known, forni.s a part of the 
Missouri Pacific System. From Ft. Smith, tiie Lit- 
tle Rock & Ft. Smitii IJaiirttail — anollier divi.'sioii 
of the Iron Mountain Ui>uIl' extends to Little 
Hock, connecting witli utiier divisions there for 
Texarkana, Arkansas City. Hot Springs and Jleni- 
pliis. The Iron Mountain Route which has Iie.en 
before luentioned .is a part of this system, extends 
from .St. Louis to the SouHi and West, to Menipiiis, 
Little Rock, Hot Springs and 'I'e.xarkana, and runs 
through Pullman Buffet .Sleei)ing Cars in connec- 
tion with the vaiious Tex.as Lines to (^alveston on 
tlie Gulf of Mexico, and to Laredo and Kl P.iso. on 
the Rio Grande River, connecting at liiose points 
for California and the City of Mexico, and the in- 
terior Slates of the Rei)ulilic of Mexico. This con- 
stitutes largely the Railway .System of the Stale of 
Arkansas, passing through it from northeast to 
southwest, from Poplar lUuff to Tc.xarkana, and 
from east to west, connecting Mempliis and Ar- 
kansas City with Ft. Smith. The total niile.-ige of 
the Missouri Paciflc .System is five thousand and 
ninety-four miles. Hence the reader will readily 
observe that this great System is one of the most 
im|)oitant which traverses the growing Stales west 
of the Mississippi River; on account of its exten- 
sive mileage and ramifications the System is des- 
tined to promote ir a large degree, the develoi)- 
ment of tiie material interests of the country 
Ihrongh which it |).asscs. 






Chiciigo, Hock Islniid <.V I'acilic 

1,' .S among the oldest and mosl ini|)orlant trunk 
lines, having Chicago for its eastern terminus — 
_, the completion of this roail in Illinois marked 
an importaiil eia in the develoiunenl of llie north- 
ern ami wc>tcrn portion of the .Slate, as well as 
contributing to the upb\iilding of many thriving 
mannfacluring cities on its line — notably .loliet, 
Molinc. Uiick Island and Davenport: also with its 
two branches extending to Peoria, Inis opened up 



go( (1 markets for the extensive coal and agricul- 
tural resources of that locality, likewise giving a 
rapid impetus to the commercial and manufactur- 
ing resources of Peoria. Molinc (except Chicago), 
is probably the most iini)ortant and extensive man- 
ufacturing city on the line, and tiirough the enter- 
prise of the great Rock Island Route it has been 
enabled to lay down its manufactured wares to the 
farmers of Southern Iowa. Northern Missouri and 
Kansas, cheaper than by any other road, and the 
vast lumber interests of Ihe i-ilies of Rock Island 
and Davenpo't have by means of this line been 
enabled to reach Ih-.' mosl important, .as well as the 
most remote, places in Kans.as. The Rock Island 
has alwaj's been in the very van of railroad prog- 
ress; while always solid and substantial, yet it has 
ever been steadily and constantly building new 
lines and extending its system until it now ramifies 
into the best regions of the Mississip]>i and Mis- 
souri A'alleys. I', lines extending lo Denver. Colo- 
lado S|)rings, and other points in Colorado, offer 
unsurpassed faeililies, lo the tourist or ni.an of busi- 
ness for elegant and comfortable traveling; its 
superb dining cars have among travelers m.ade it 
renowned as among the best roads of the West. In 
brief llie Rock Island Company has by a judicious 
sjslem of pe;inanent im|)rovements. and liy tliein- 
Irotluclion of all modern appliances which tend to 
the preservation of life and property, placed itself 
in such a condition, materially and |)hysically, that 
its financial future cannot be affected by the con- 
tingencies which seriously affect other roads. Its 
success as one of the great highways of the West 
is an assured reality. It might be appropriately 
noted here that while much of this road's past suc- 
cess may be aUribnted to its ailniirable geograph- 
ical location, embracing a very rich section of the 
country for local tratlic. and with a termini on Lake 
.Michigan, the .Missis-iippI anil .Missouri Rivers a;)d 
Denver, the heart of the Rocky Mountain le- 
gions, equally as much is due to the stability of the 
management, and lo the fad that the pro|ierly has 
never yet become the foot-ball of speculators. It 
is not surprising that tlu- Chicago. Rock Island it 
Pacific has maintained a firm position as an invest- 
ment in the moneyed centers of the world, and it 
ha.-* acquired a well-merited popularity with tlio 



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traveling- and s!ii|ii)iiisi pulilif. lis steel rails and 
well ballasted road-bed have long since made it the 
favorite with shippers, and its freight traffic is im- 
mense and growing. At Council Bluffs and Omaha, 
connections are made with all roads centering 
there. It is the most direct and shortest route be- 
tween Omaha and Chicago — and hence the favorite 
of shippers. At Davenport a branch diverges to 
the Southwest, and extends to Kansas City, Leav- 
enworth, Atchison and St. Joseph. 

At St. Joseph the road crosses the Missouri and 
enters Kansas; at Horton the line diverges and ex- 
tends up into Nebraska as far as Nelson; from 
Fairbury, Neb . the line extends through Northern 
Kansas to Denver, and Colorado Springs. From 
Morton the line leads in a southwesterly direction 
through Topeka, the capital of the State; thence to 
Herington, Hutchinson and to Liberal, the latter 
place on the line of the Indian Territory. At Mc- 
Failand a spur extends in a northwestern direction 
through Manhattan and Clay Center to Belleville, 
where a junction is made with the main line to 
Denver, Col.; at Herington a short branch goes to 
Abilene and Salina. From Herington the line 
passes south through Wichita and Wellington to 
Caldwell, on the line of the Indian Territory. 

With its accustomed energy this road was the 
first to complete its line into the Oklahoma country, 
passing through Kingfisher, and having El Reno 
for its Southern terminus. 

CIIARACTKKISTICS Ol' TIIK ROAD. 

The whole number of miles operated by the Chi- 
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway at the present 
time, including second tracks and sidings, is about 
four thousand and ninety-three miles. The main 
track mileage in the following States is: Illinois, 
236 miles; Iowa, 1,066.10; Missouri, 286.70; Kan- 
sas, 1,147.37 ; Nebraska, 140.97; Colorado, 376.06 ; 
and Indian Territory, 106.75 — 186.70 second track, 
and about 56.5.45 side track. 

This company has a contract for joint use of 
track with the Hannibal it St. Joseph between Kan- 
sas City and Cameron Junction; with the Union 
Pacific Railway from Kansas City to North Topeka, 
also from Linion to Denver; and with the Denver 
ife Rio Grande between Denver and Pueblo. 



The principal shops of this comi)any arc located 
at Chicago, 111.; Rock Island. 111.; Stewart, Iowa; 
Trenton, Mo.; Horton and Goodland, Kan.; and 
Roswell, Colo. Solid trains, carrying all classes 
of passengers, are run through between Chicago, 
Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, via St. Joseph, 
Kansas City and Topeka; through trains to Wich- 
ita, El Reno (Ft. Reno), Hutchinson. Dodge City, 
Salina and Abilene. The line is equi[)ped with 
first-class baggage, mail, smoking cars and coaches; 
chair cars of the latest improved pattern of chairs, 
and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining cars 
are now running on all through passenger trains 
between Colorado points and Chicago, and also 
between Council Bluffs and Chicago, and eating- 
houses arc located at convenient points on all divis- 
ions for the accommodation of local trains. It is 
contemplated to establish dining.car service on the 
whole line, in the near future. In regard to freight 
traffic, the management has a comjireliensive sys 
tern of through cars and w.a\-billing to all promi- 
nent points in the West. Northwest and Southwest. 
Having their own rails between Chicago, Peoria 
and Kansas City, St. Joseph. Omaha and Denver, 
MO delays or transfers between Chicago and any of 
these points. Also run through cars to the Pacific 
Coast via all lines having terminals on the coast. 
Less than car-load shipments to all prominent 
points in through cars, thus avoiding transfers and 
delay. Special attention is paid to live stock from 
all points on the line. At present there is one 
hundred and eight3'seven miles of double track 
being operated, one hundred and eighty-one miles 
of which is located in Illinois, between Chicago 
and Rock Island ; the balance in Iowa, from Da- 
venport to what is known as Double Track Junc- 
tion, about six miles west of Davenport on the 
Council Bluff line. 

The experience of the past has clearly demon- 
strated that whatever is undertaken by the mana- 
gers of the Rock Island is not merely done, but 
i done well, that they possess to an almost unlimited 
■ extent the confidence of Eastern and European 
capitalists, and that thej' are remarkabl}' shrewd 
and far-seeing in an\thiug which affects the present 
or the future interests of their property. 

It will be observed that all the s^real leading 



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marls of trade in Kansas are tappeil by this road, 
llierebv giving to that portion of tlie West a strong 
and snbstixntiai competitive niarivct with tlic great 
Kastcrn coninierrial coiUcrs. 




Ati'liisoii, To|»«'k:i tV Sjiiita Fo liailwa.v, 

t)PULARLV ivnown as the Santa Fe Uonte. 
The initial lines of this great system were 

first built from Atehison to Topeka, in 

I \ 1869. and for many years the former city 
was the Kasteni terminus of the road. The man- 
agement of the Santa Fe, with wonderful energy, 
pushed out its lines in every direction into the 
young and growing Slate of Kansas, and in the 
majority of instances preceding settlement and 
civilization. This road was the (irst to penetrate 
across the southern part of Colorado, via Pueblo 
and Trinidad into Xew Mexico, until its lines pene- 
traleil the old adol)e town of Santa Fe. whose citi- 
zens were half S|ianisli and half Mexican. ,\s its j 
course iienelrated the wilderness it stiniclimes fol- 
lowed the old Santa Fe Trail, and generally not far 
distant at any time from the "trail" which had 
been made famous years before by trappers and 
also by the Government freighters. The mar- 
velous growth and develoi)ment of the State of 
of K«nsas is in a great measure due to the enter- 
prise and public spirit of the managers of the Santa 
Fe System. Not only diil they devote their en- 
ergy to the upbuilding of the ro.ad, but at gre.it 
expense they maintained emigration and Colonial 
agents in the various countries of Fuiope, as well 
!is in the Kastcrn, Middle and Suiitliern States, 
thereby advertising the State of Kansas as no oilier 
State has heretofore been dinie. Its climate, its 
soil and great advanUages to the home seeker were 
at times fully portrayed by the enterprise of this 
road — every fostering care was given to the stock 
anil ranch men. to the nicrchaQt, the mechanic and 
the manufacturer to settle in Kansas — as a result 
we have here a State in the center of the I'nion, of 
bonnriless agricultural resources, settled by a wide- 
awake, enterprising and (jrospei-ous j)eople. The 
Santa Fe onus and i>|)crates more miles of road in 



Kansas than any other line, with its vast system of 
Kast and West. North and South lines reaching 
every important town in the State, and penetrating 
sixty-three counties in Kan.sas. The magnitude of 
its business is immense. Its lines beginning at the 
Missouri Kiver to'vns in Kansas arc St. Joseph, Atdi- 
isoii, Lcavc::wor'.h and Kansas City; extends south 
to Coffeyville, Arkansas City, Ilunnewell, Caldwell, 
New Kiowa (thence to the Fan Handle of Texas), 
and iiortli to .Superior, in Nebraska; Concordia, 
Clay Center Minneapolis, and other Northern 
Kansas cities. Its main lines and branches reach 
nearly every important city in the Stale. .St. Jo- 
seph, on the Missouri si<le of the river, has a popu- 
l.ation of nearly one hundred thousand, and its 
wholesale trade is htavy throughout the West. 
Atchison is a growing city of about twenty tlious- 
anil people; the Soldiers' Or|»hans Home of the 
Slate is located here. Leavenworth, with her thirty 
thousand people, is an important manufacturing 
center. Leavenworth was the earliest famous city 
of Kansas, as it w.as the original outfitting point for 
travel and tradic across the plains. The Kansas 
system m;iy be described as a main cast and west line, 
over four huiidrc<l miles in length, with branch 
lines extending in every direction where an area of 
particularly rich country, or some other special 
.advantages invited a line of rails. 

The road from Topeka, after ISIJ'J, was extended 
west and soutli, and tneii east to Kansas City by 
purchase of a line built by another company. From 
Kans.as City, in 18S7-88 the line was extended to 
Chicago, under the name of liie Chicago, .Santa Fe 
it California Road; in I8«7. also the purchase of 
the Oulf. Colorado i^- Santa Fe Road, aii<l the ex- 
tension of the Kansas lines through the Indian 
Territory to Texas, gave the company a line to the 
Gulf of Mexico. So that at the present time the 
Santa Fe System proper begins at Chicago, passes 
through Illinois, Iowa. Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, 
Indian Territory. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona 
and California, and has for its Southern terminals 
Galveston, oi the (Julf of Mexico, and El Paso, on 
the .Mexican frontier; and for its Western terminals 
.San Diego and Los Angeles, on the I'acilic Coast, 
(.San Francisco being practically a Paciflc-Coast 
terminal, as it is reached via Mojave, over the 



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tracks of the Soullieni Pat-iCic Railway); and for 
its Xortliern terminals Chicago. St. Jose|)h, Mo., 
Superior, Neb., and Denver, liie capital of Colo- 
rado. 

Chicago to Kansas City is praclieally an air line, 
being the most straight and direct of an_y road 
between the two cities. It passes through a largo 
number of important towns in Illinois, including 
Joliet, witli its great steel wori<s, and other manu- 
facturing interests. Tiie next imjjortant place is 
Streator, a few miles south of the latter place; a 
branch extends to the thriving city of Pekin, on 
tlie Illinois River. From .Streator the main line 
crosses the Illinois at Chillicothe, and extends 
through Peoria ami Knox Counties to the beauti- 
ful ind enterprising city of Galesburg. here it 
comes in competition with several lines of the 
Burlington Sj'Stem ; thence running in a southwest- 
erl3' direction through a rich and populous section, 
crossing the Mississipi)i at Ft. ^Madison, on a mag- 
nificent steel bridge. Here the company have 
established shops, that being the terminus of the 
two operating divisions of the road. From Ft. 
Madison by a spur Keokuk is reached. The line 
through Missouri shows very heavy construction 
work, made to secure what was desired in the way 
of distance and grades. Along the Santa Fe new 
towns are springing up, and new industries are bc- 
ino' devcloiied. Twenty miles east of Kansas City 
the Jlissourl River is crossed by a steel bridge, so 
that the line enters Kansas City on the south sids 
of the river. From Kansas City to Topeka the 
line runs on the South bank of the Kansas River; 
.at Wilder and llollidai' are points for the depart- 
ure of branch lines— one northwest to Atchison, 
and the other southwest through Ottawa and South- 
ern Kansas, being known as the Southern Kansas 
division of the Santa Fe .System. From Lawrence 
to Topeka the road is still in the Kansas Valley, 
throush a veritable garden. Native trees of great 
height overhang the railway here and there, and in 
the spring and summer the crops look green and 
luxuriant. The approach to Topeka is through the 
long }-ards, and by the vast machine shops of the 
Santa Fe Company, across various broad streets to 
a commodious brick station. 

T'he general offices of the roivd are in Topeka. 



and occupy a handsome and commodious building 
near the State capitol. From Topeka to Denver 
the Santa Fe Route runs for about seventy-five 
miles in a southwesterly direction to the upper wa- 
ters of Neosho River, at Emporia, passing through 
Osage Count}', where are found some of the richest 
coal fields of the West. At Newton the line di- 
verges south through Southern Kansas, the Indian 
Territory r.nd Texas to Galveston; continuing 
west from Newton the first city of importance 
reached is Hutchinson; here are some of the heaviest 
salt works in the Fnited States, besides other ex- 
tensive manufacturinsr interestj,. West of llutch- 
inson the line extends through a fertile, prosjierous 
and rapidly growing district. The line is beautified 
here and there by many thriving cities and vill.ages. 
At La Junta, in Colorado, the line for New Mex- 
ico. Arizona and bey()n<l. turns south. Pueblo, 
sixty-five miles due west of La Junta, for years the 
! terminus of the Santa Fe System, is a growing 
I manufactuiing city. It is admirably lucated with 
I reference to the great oro-i)rodueing canons of Col- 
orado. All roads leading to it. coal, iron, silver, 
gold. lead, cuiiper. building stone, everything in 
j fact which is produced in the greatest mining State 
I in the I'nion, roll naturally down hill to Pueblo. 
i Beyond Pueblo to the west are many thriving cities 
founded on mining and agriculture, notably : Lead- 
] ville. the greitest mining cara|i in Colorado; while 
i forty miles north, on the line of the Santa Fe. are 
the lovely villages of Colorado Springs, and Mani- 
tou, nestling at the foot of Pike's Peak. Manitou 
is at the mouth of a deep canon, and is one of the 
most lovely summer resorts in America. Near hevi 
is the famous '-Garden of the Gods," whose won- 
drous beauty and grandeur is unsurpassed. From 
Colorado Springs westward, through Manitou and 
up the canon bej'ond Pike's Peak, the Colorado 
Midland Raihvay is pushing its way far toward the 
the western borders of the State. Eighty miles 
north of Colorado Springs the Santa Fe line ter- 
minates at Denver, a magnificently built city of 
nearly two hundred thousand people. It is prob- 
able that no American city has so many features of 
unique beauty- as Denver. Its splendid public build- 
ings, and its broad avenues lined with beautiful 
residences, cozilv located at the foot vf the snow- 



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ciipped inoiiiitnins of tlie Rofkj' range, reink-r it 
unlike any t)llicr ciU of its size in tlie woilil. The 
ride from I'lieblo to Denver aloii'j; tlie foot of tiie 
mountains i.- one never to Ije missed. Tlie sntjw- 
eovered peaks, the many eomliinaliuns of sun and 
eioud, and rain and snow; the marvelous atmos- 
phere, all I'onibine to surprise and eharin t'li: lio- 
holdei-. 

From N'ewion to Galveston, the line leaving the 
main east and west line in Kansas at Newton, rnus 
direetly south to Galveston. The (irst place of 
importance reached is the phenomenal city of Wich- 
ita, located on tlw; Big and Little Arkansas Rivers, 
a city f)f thirty-live thousand jyeople. where only a 
few years ago was an Indian trading-post. Wichita 
is one of the most remarkable cities in the West. It 
has a heavy and growinjjf wholesale tra<le. and a 
large amount of manufacturing business, including 
the Hurton Stock Car Works, the Dold it Whit- 
aker Meat- Packing establisiiments. The city is 
handsomely laiil out. and has many handsome pub- 
lic buildings, commodious business houses and 
spacious residences, situated on broad avenvies. 
lined with beautifn! shade trees. .South of Wichita 
is a cluster of growing cities, comprising Wiidielil, 
Wellington. Arkansas Citj' and Caldwell. Wichita 
and Arkansas City have profited much by the 
opening up of Oklahoma to settlement. Kntering 
the Indian Territorv the line passes through a 
magnificent agricultural country', as yet almost 
wholly undeveloped. In Texas the principal cities 
on the line between the Indian Territorv and Oal- 
veston, are Gainesville. Paris. Ft. Worth. Cleburne, 
Dallas, Morgan, Temple. Brenham, Houston and 
Richmond. (Jalveston, the terminus, is a rapidly 
growing cit3' of fifty thousand inhabitants. It is 
charmingly situated on the (Julf Coast, and h.as an 
unsurpassed climate in both summer and winter. 

From La .lunta to HI Paso, the line leaving La 
.lunt.i climbs to the summit of the Raton Range, 
seventy-six hundred and twenty-two feet above the 
sea. On the way up it passes through the ini])or- 
tant Colorado towns of Fl Moroand Trinidail. The 
village of Raton is an important division point for 
the railway, and then comes Las \'egas an<l its 
famous hot springs, six miles distant from the main 
line, but connected with it l>v a short line with 



good equiijment.s. Al the Hot S|)rings is the Pli<e- 
nix Hotel. The springs are unsurpassed anywhere 
in the world, and the hotel is conducted by the 
com[)any iii the most generous manner imaginable. 
The springs are forty-two in nnmlier, and are hot 
.and cold, and have a variety of mineral properties 
which rcndir them remarkably strong in theircm-a- 
tive pDwcr. S iiilh of Las ^'egas the line passes 
through fertile valleys, heavy forests, and lil.ack 
and rugged canons, until the valley of the U'\o 
Grande is reached. A branch line from Laniy ex- 
tends up the mountain to Santa Fe, the capital of 
New .Mexico, next to St. Augustine, the oldest city 
in .\merica. Santa Fe has a new .Stale House, and 
its ([uaint old churches and dwellings are inter- 
spersed with modern structures. It should be seen 
before the peculiar charm of its antiquity hiis been 
entirely destroyed. Albuquerque, Socorro and .San 
Marcial are the chief points between .Santa Fe and 
El Paso. All are important points for the business 
of mining, cattle raising and general commerce. 
From Rincon a branch line leads to Deming, where 
junction is made with the Southern Pacific Rail- 
way, and to Silver City, and to the other mining 
towns of .Southern New Mexico. It is the fortunate 
destiny of New Mexico generally, and the Rio 
( Jrande A'allev particularly, to soon take front rank 
in the line of fruit (iroduction. The grapes produced 
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley- are not surpassed 
in either quality or quantitj- by the product of any 
p.art of the Continent. 

From Albuquertjue to the Pacific Coast, in the 
heart of New .Mexico, due west, the Atlantic A 
Pacific Railroad forms the main Santa Fe Route to 
California. The line p.asses through a great mining 
and stock-raising country, where the climate is per- 
fect. PresCott, the capital of Arizona, is reached 
by a branch from Prcscott Junction. Constant 
changes of scenery characterize the line, and the 
crossing of the Colorado Canon is one of the most 
remarkable accomplishments known in the railroad 
world. In Southern California the lines of the 
California Central it Southern reach every impor- 
tant city. Barstow, ,San Bernardino, Colton, San 
Diego, National City. Los -Vngeles, and a hundred 
other beautifid towns offer unequaled inducements 
to the seeker after health, wealth and pleasure. 



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San Francisco and other cities of Cenlial and 
Northern California are readied bj' tiie lines of tbe 
Southern Pacilic by virtue of a special arrangement 
for traffic. Between Chicago and Kansas City 
meals are served on tiie finest dining cars; on the 
other lines and branches are superb eating-houses 
and hotels. No expense is spared in securing ele- 
gant accommodations; the supplies are secured 
from the best markets East and West. 

From the resume thus given of the facilities pos- 
sessed by the Santa Fe Railway, for interchanging 
traffic at its termini and v,-irious junctions, it must 
be apparent to llie reader that the line is admirably 
situated, ami that in many respects it occupies a 
strategic position, superior to that of other trans- 
Missouri and Mississippi railroads. These advan- 
tages have been utilized in the past, as they will be 
in the future, in developing the localities through 
which the various branches extend, and to build 
up the permanent prosperity of the property whose 
history is so closely interwoven with the settlement, 
development and prosperity of the West beyond 
the Missouri River. Its local traffic compares fa- 
vorably with that of other competing lines. To 



this purely local traffic must be added the contri- 
butions of its several termini, all large cities and 
prominent trade centers in the Missouri and Mis- 
sissippi Valleys. With the growth and steady 
development of the manufacturing and other indus- 
tries of Chicago, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchi- 
son, Leavenworth, Topeka, AVichita, Galveston, 
El Paso, Pueblo and Denver, the Santa Fe Rail- 
wa}' must materially make corresponding strides 
toward attaining that i)roud financial position which 
has been the life dream of its originators and 
present ovvners. Under the present progressive and 
conservative management, all advantages of geo- 
grapical position, and all the resources of the 
througli line will be constantl3' utilized in building 
up the future prospciity of the road itself, and in 
developing the extended area of Chicago's com- 
mercial supremacy. The Land Grant from the 
Government amuunteil substantially to three mill- 
ion acres. In brief its commanding geographical 
position, coupled with its direct Eastern alliance 
for through business, must render the Santa Fe 
eventually one of the most remunerative of our 
Western railroads. 




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5HE time has arrived wlien it 
becomes the duty of tlie 
people of this county to per- 
petuate the names of their 
pioneers, to furnish a record 
of their early settlement, 
and relate the story of their 
progress. The civilization of our 
day, the enlightenment of the age 
and the duty that men of the pres- 
ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
themselves and to their posterity, 
demand that a record of their lives 
and deeds should be made. In bio- 
graphical history is found a power 
to instruct man by precedent, to 
enliven the mental faculties, and 
to waft down the river of time a 
.safe vessel in wliich the names and actions of the 
people who contributed to raise this country from its 
l)rimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
tlie great and aged men, who in their prime entered 
the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
hiritage, are passing to tlieir graves. The number re- 
maining who c:in relate the incidents of tlie first d.iys 
)f settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
iictual necessity exists for the collectioii and preser- 
vation of events without delay, before all the early 
settler.s are cut down by the scythe of Time. 

lo be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
from remotest ages. .Vll will be forgotten soon enough, 
in spile of their best works and the most enrnest 
efforts of their friends to perserve tlie memory of 
their live-. The nie.ms employed to prevent oblivion 
and to i)erpetiiate their memory lias been in pro|)or- 
lion to the ;imount of intelligence they possessed. 
Th : |)yraini<ls of Kgvpt were built to perpetuate the 
names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
buried Meir.phis indica'e a desire of those people 



to perpetuate the memory of their achievements. 
The erection of the great obelisks were for tl:e same 
purpose. Coming down to a later jieriod, we find the 
Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea — 
to leave something to show that they had lived. Ail 
tliese works, though many of tiiem costly in the ex- 
treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- 
ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
perjjetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
the people that tiien lived. The great pyramids and 
some of tile obelisks remain objects only of curiosity ; 
the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
bling into dust. 

It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and 
this is through the art of printing. 

To the present generation, however, we are in- 
debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
of local biography, liy this system every man, though 
he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
through the coming ages. 

The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
physical man is left. The tnonument which his chil- 
dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme- 
tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
life, his achievements, the work he has accomjilished, 
which otherwise would be forgotten, is i)erpetuated 
by a record of this kind. 

To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
think it necessary, as we sjieak only truth of lliem, to 
wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
thein are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
publish to the world the history of those wlii)se lives 
are unworthy of public record. 



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HITFIKLU lOWNSKM). 
•^ whose portrait is presented 
:j on the opposite page of 
«7 Mil? volume, was one of 
)^/ S u 111 11 e r County's well- 
known iiipii. He was the 
owner of a line estate in 
Wellinirtou Township, wliiuh during liis 
residence upon it of about seven years 
he develojied from an iinbroken tract of 
prairie land ton line condition, erecting 
upon it a large frame dwelling, adequate 
barns and other necessary buildings; he 
further added to its value by planting an 
orchard, and in various ways enibellisii- 
Mr. Townsend was born in St. Clair 
County. 111.. October 24. 182;{, and was a son of 
George Whitfield Townsend, who is supposed to 
have been born in Tennessee, from which State he 
removed to Illinois, becoming a pioneer of SI. Clair 
County. There he bought a large tract of land 
and carried on the pursuit of agriculture (juite 
extensively, continuing to abide in that county 
until his death. lie of whom we write was reared 
and educated 'iicrc, the school which he attended 
being held in a log house, with a lire-place and 
home-made furniture, the seats maile by splitting 
logs, hewing them to a tolerably smooth surface on 
one side, and inserting wooden pins in the other 
side for legs. In this temple of learning, under 
the instruction of teachers whose curriculinn cfim- 
prised little else than the ■•throe H's," he acquired 
all the education possible to be obt;iined. and de- 



veloped the sturdy nature befitting the son of a 
pioneer. 

.Mr. Townsend assisted his father on the farm 
and resided with his parents until their death, and 
for a time there-ifter continued to live on the old 
homestead, lie then located on land adjoining it. 
added a kitchen to the small house that was already 
on the place, and made other improvements as 
rapidly as possibU-. In 1880, renting the farm, 
which is still owned by his family, he came to this 
county, where he h.ad previously purchased three 
hundred and twenty- .icrcs of prairie land, compris- 
ing the west half of section 111, in Wellington 
Township. When he took jwssession the only 
improvements consisted of a small house and 
straw stable, but these were soon replaced by more 
substantial structures. On this now beautiful es- 
tate, which he brought to a high state of cultiva- 
tion, Mr. Townsend breathed his l.ast January 20, 
1887. deeply mourned by a large circle of friemls 
and acquaintances, to whom his hiijh moral and 
Christian character had endeared him. In the 
family circle he had been a loving companion and 
|i:ireiit, and here his loss was still more deeply felt. 

Mr. Townsend was twice married. His first 
wife. .lane Bradsby. so far as known, was a native 
of Illinois. .She died on the home farm in St. Clair 
County, fifteen months after her marriage, leaving 
no ciiildren. The second matrimonial alliance •<( 
Mr. Townsend was conlrncled March 18, 1866. the 
bride being Mis. Annie (Huseman) Cook. She 
was born in Bielefeld, in the Westphalen district 
of Minden, riu.ssia. Her father. Ilenrv Huseman. 



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was a nativo of the same place, and there followed 
the occupation of farming until liis death, in 1845. 
The wife of Iloni'}' Husemaii bore the maiden name 
of Wilhelmina Westerbeck, and was a native of the, 
same lo 'ality, where she was reared b\' strangers, 
having been left an orphan at an earl^' age. On 
the death of her husband she was left with four 
children to care for, and a few years later started 
with three of her brothers to America. While on 
board a Mississippi River steamer she was attacked 
with cholera and died, her remains, together with 
those of one of her brothers, being taken ashore 
and buried on the banks of liie river. The sur- 
viving brothers — Phillip and Albert — settled in 
Burlington, Iowa. This was in 1853. Mrs. Town- 
send found a home with a fainily named Damke, in 
St. Louis, for a 3'ear and a half, and then spent 
six years with the family of Maj. Walker in the 
same cit}-. 

In that city, in 1861, Annie Huseman was united 
in marriage with Herman Cook, a teamster byoccu- 
))alion and a native of Germany. After their mar- 
riage they removed to St. Clair County, III., where 
Mr. Cook rented a farm, and where he departed 
this life in 1865. His widow later became the 
wife of our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Townsend 
came five children — Thadis S., the first born, was 
with them onl^- from December 17, 1869, to July 
19, 1872; Virginia, James, Whitfield an 1 Annie 
are still spared to their widowed mother. Mrs. 
Townsend possesses many womanly qualities and 
virtues of chaiacter, and is displaying good judg- 
ment in the management of her worldly affairs and 
tlie rearing of the fatherless ones who are left to 
her care. She is a member of the Christian Church, 
with which she united at the age of twenty-one 
years, and in which her late husband was an Elder 
for many years. 



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.^^EORGK G. HUMPHREYS. The life of 
III g— I this gentleman affords an excellent repre- 
^^Jl sentatiou of the success that attends on en- 
ergj' and perseverance, and of the reputation which 
maj' be gained by an upright life and a steadfast 
character, without becoming famous, or having 



one's name spread broadcast over the world. The 
influence of these cjuiet lives is that to which our 
country owes its greatest debt of gratitude, in the 
example set before the young, as well as in the per- 
sonal deeds. 

Horn in Champaign Count}-. Ohio, Febiuary 16, 
1825. Mr. Humphre3'S has spent many years in ag- 
ricultural work, has participated in the pioneer 
work of development, and with but limited edu- 
cational advantages in his boyhood, has kept him- 
self well informed regarding general topics and 
current events. He has also won an honorable 
record in the ranks of his country's defenders 
during the attempt to destroy the Union. His par- 
ents, Thomas and Nanc}' Humphreys, took up their 
abode in Champaign County, Ohio, when that sec- 
tion of the country was verj-new and sparsely set- 
tled. There the early j'ears of our subject were 
passed, and while acquiring a limited education in 
the subscription schools, which he attended only 
during the winter seasons and which he abandoned 
entirely when about fourteen j'ears old, he assisted 
the other members of the family in the develop- 
ment of his father's farm. 

The first marriage of Mr. Humphre}'s was cele- 
brated in March, 1846, his chosen companion being 
Miss Mary Howver, a native of the Buckeye State, 
who shared his fortunes until December, 1855, 
when she was called from time' to eternity. She 
bore two children : Cornwell, deceased, and Nanc}^ 
J., the wife of Joseph Piatt of Wellington. Mr. 
Humphreys contracted a second matrimonial al- 
liance, taking as his companion Mrs. Mary How- 
ver, nee Gleason. She was the widow of Peter 
Howver, a native of Champaign County, Ohio, 
who was born in 1828, reared in his native State, 
and married in 1847. To him she bore two chil- 
dren — Lydia, the wife of Thomas Berkley of Ver- 
milion County, III., and William, who resides with 
our subject. 

Mrs. Humphreys is the daughter of Arah Glea- 
son, a native of New York. He married Lydia 
Safford.a native of the same State. She bore her hus- 
band twelve children, named .as follows: Amanda 
M., is deceased; Marj' M. ; Martha is deceased; 
Plitebe lives in Champaign, III.; James, Lydia, 
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and Minnie, all deceased; Lorindii lives in Filer 
City. Mieli.; Charles is a minister of the Conj^rega- 
tiunal Church, now located in Anj^ola, Ind.; and 
George is a farmer in Holt County. Neh. Araii 
Oleason died at the home of our snlijcct Uie 2d of 
June, 1H7(). aited seventy years, havinir licen born 
Junes. 1800. Mrs. Lydia (Weason departed this 
life June 1 1, IHHG, a£;ed nearly eighty-one years, 
she was liorn August 2. 18(1."). 

Mr. Humphreys enlisted in the Federal army 
August 12, 1802. placing his name upon the mus- 
ter-roll of Coni|)any B, Ninety-fi)nrlh Illinois In- 
fantry-, and becoming an integral part of the 
Western army. He took |)art in the battles at 
Springlield, i'rairie Grove, \'an Buren, the siege of 
Vicksburg, Red River, Algiers, Brownsville, 
(Te.\as). I'ts. Morgan, (laines, Spanish and Blake- 
ley, the siege of Mobile, and others of minor im- 
portance. He was honorably discharged August 
29. 186,5. and returned to DeWitt County, III., in 
which he had resided prior to his gallant service in 
the army. Some time subsequently to the war he 
lived in A'ermilion County, 111., three years. In 
1878 he turned his footsle|)s westward with the de- 
termination to become a citizen of Kansas, and sse- 
lecting this county as his place of abode, settled on 
the faim where he still resides. It is located in 
Belle I^laine Township ana comprises a quarter of 
section 2.'^: has been brought to a high state of cul- 
tivation and affords it-s owner a comfortable sub- 
sistance. When he took possession of it. it was in 
an almost primitive condition, the only improve- 
ment having been the breaking of thirteen acres 
of the sod. Its present fine condition and the im- 
provements of various kinds which it bears, are a 
standing monument to the efforts of Mr. Hum- 
phreys. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys belong t<j tin 
Methodist Kpiscoi)al Church at Belle Plaine, and 
the former has served as Steward of the organiza- 
tion. It is a matter of course that he belongs to ' 
the (i. A. 1{. I'ost. 

The father of our subject was a native of Ire 
land. who. upon emigrating to America inl7;t2. 
settled in Erie County. Pa., whence he afterward 
removed to Ohio. He belonged to along-lived race 
and himself lived to be one hundred and twelve 



years and si.\ months old, dying in 18.")(). He 
was a soldier in the War of 1812. Tlie mother of our 
subject Wits ar native of Kentucky. She bore her 
husband six children, as follows: William, a resi- 
<lent of DeWitt County, III.; Kli/.abeth. wife of 
Patrick (Jorman, of the same county; James, who 
live.s in Ohio; our subject; .loseph II., of Baxter 
Springs, Kan., and an infant who died unnamed. 



ON. T. A. IIlltB.VRl). The Rome Park 
Slock Farm, located in Jai-kson Township, 
which has attained a reputation through- 
A5£^i out Sumner County, is one of the most 
litting monuments to the industry and persever- 
ance of its |)roi)iietor with whose name we intro- 
duce this sketch. Ml. Iliilibard makes a specialty 
of fine cattle, horses and hog.s, in which he has 
Diet with unqualified success and he has done much 
to raise the standaid of this industry in Southern 
Kansas. He may be properly calle<l a self-made 
man — one who has been endowed b^- nature with 
fine abilities and who has been fortunate in choos- 
ing that wise course which has enabled him to in- 
crease his talent ten-fold. 

The first eleven years of the life of .Mr. Hub- 
bard were spent in McKean County, Pa., near the 
town of Tarpert.and Centerville. Allegany Countv, 
N. Y.. where his birth took i)lace December 22, 
184.'5. His father. Jeremiah Hubbard, was a na- 
tive of N'ermont as was also his paternal grand- 
father, Abner Hubbard. The first mentioned was 
reared among his native hills and when ajiproach- 
ing manhood employed himself .as a boatman on 
Lake Champlain. Later he followed the trade of 
a shoemaker. He finally left N'ermont and settled 
in Cattaraugus County. N. Y., whence, later, he 
removed to Allegan^' County, purchasing a tract 
of land where he jirosecuted farming until 18.i-l. 
That year he emigrated to Michigan, settling in 
Barry County and securing land from the liiiled 
States. He at once put up a frame house and pro- 
ceeded to clear the farm, constructing a com- 
fortable homestead upon which he spent the 
remainder of his days: he departed hence about 



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1 863. The wife and mother, Mrs. Eliza (Sherman ) 
Hubbard, was born in Connecticut and died in 
Barry County, Mich., about 1874. Of this union 
there were born three children. By a previous 
marriage Jeremiah Hubbard had become the f.ither 
of seven children. 

The subject of this slietch attained to manhood 
on a farm in the Wolverine State, obtaining a prac- 
tical education in the common schools. Upon 
the outbrealt of the Civil War he was only seven- 
teen }'earsold, but after watching the conflict for a 
time he resolved to assist in the preservation of the 
Union. On October 1, 1861, he enlisted in Com- 
pany B., Thirteenth Michigan Infantrj'. first 
seeing the smoke of battle at Stevenson, Ala., in 
1862. He was afterward a participant in all the 
battles foiiglit by Gens. Rosecrans and Sherman 
until the close of the war. At Chiclvamauga. Sep- 
tember 19, 1863, his company suffered almost an- 
nihilation, being reduced to four members. Young 
Hubbard was three times wounded and was con- 
veyed to the hospital at Nashville, where lie re- 
mained until his wounds permitted him to travel, 
when he was sent home on a furlough, remaining 
sixty days. He rejoined liis regiment at Chat- 
tanooga, Tenn., and in Januarj' following veter- 
anized and was granted a furlougli. He returned 
home and assisted in recruiting a full regiment and 
afterward returning to Chattanooga performed en- 
gineer duty until the fall of 1864. 

Mr. Hubbard's regiment was now sent to Nash- 
ville to assist in driving Gen. Forrest from Ten- 
nessee, and he later joined Sherman's army at 
Rome, Ga., going from there on the famous niareli 
to the sea. His regiment was in the rear and 
burned the bridges over the Chattalioocliie River, 
thus severing tlie connection and cutting off all 
communication of Gen. Sherman's army with tlie 
outside work. After this long tedious march was 
ended by the capture of Ft. McAllister and Sa- 
vannah, the army went into camp for a brief rest. 
They then ;larted on the march through the Caro- 
linas, the most remarkable winter campaign on 
record. Young Hubbard said the general order 
was reveille at 4:30 A. M., march at 6, one da^^'s 
rations for five days and live off the country, 
an.1 forty rounds of cartridges in the cartridge 



box. Railroads were destroyed and the country 
stripped of nearly everything on which an arm^- 
could subsist, consequently the boys in blue found 
their lines cast in anything but pleasant places, yet 
manfully, and on the whole cheerily, thej' marched 
along "shouting the battle cr3- of freedom." 

At Bentonville, N. C, the Fourteenth Corps 
met the gallant Joe Johnston and were threshed 
unmercifully, but the Union army soon got into 
position and after three daj-s hard fighting, Sher- 
man was victorious in the last great battle of the 
war. Mr. Hubbard says that he escaped without a 
scratch but did some tall running. The army then 
marched to Goldsboro, where the boys got their 
first mail for sixty days. There also thej' heard 
the general order of Gen. Sherman which was for 
rest and a supply of stores from the rich granaries 
of the North. After a short rest they marched to 
Raleigh, soon after which Johnston surrendered. 
Then followed the famous march to Richmond, 
Va., then to Washington. D. C, and participation 
in the Grand Review, after which the corps was 
transported back to Louisville, Ky., where it went 
into camp. Young Hubbard was promoted to be 
First, or Orderly Sergeant, and after a season of 
rest, camp duly and drill he was mustered out, 
July 25, 186.'). and returned to iiis old haunts in 
Michigan, receiving his honorable discharge at 
Jackson, August 10. 

Mr. Hubbard purchased his father's old farm in 
Yankee Spring Township, Barry Countj-, Mich., 
during the War an 1 lived upon it until 1872. 
That 3ear he came to Kansas to visit friends in 
Marion County and while here explored the sur- 
rounding country. Flmigrating finally- into Sum- 
ner Count}' he resolved to purchase land and 
selected the northwest quarter of section 26, in what 
is now Jackson Township, On the 4th of July, 
that year, he filed his claim in the general land 
office at Wichita and the following year July 5. 
1873, secured his title to the land. He settled 
ujjon it a few months later and lived there for a 
number of j-ears. Wichita, for some years was 
his nearest market and to that point he hauled his 
grain residing upon that farm until 1880. In the 
meantime Mr. Hubliard had become quite promi- 
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of triK-il ami responsibility was selected Register 
of Deeds, wliicb necessitated liis removal to Wel- 
lington. January 18«0. He resided thereuntil the 
March of ISMi). then returned to his farm of eight 
hundred acres. In the nieaiitinie he had retaineil 
the management of this and in 18H"2 commenced 
tlie lireeding of Poland-China swine, becoming 
interested the following year in Berksliires. He 
now (1889) li.is a herd of probnl)lj' four hundred 
head of full blooded animals of both kinds and 
is said to be the second largest breeder of swine in 
tlic Tnited States. He lias been in the habit of 
carrying off the b)ue ribbons at the .Slate and 
County Fairs in which he has competed with the 
best herds west of the Mississippi. He secured 
the general sweepstake prize for the best herd of 
swine of any age or breed at two of the Kansas 
Stale Pairs an<l liie same at the Bi.^marek Fair. He 
likewise received the first prize at the State Fairs 
at l.incciln. Neb., and at the Fairs in Kansas City 
and .St. Louis, Mo., in several classes. He also 
gives much attention to the breeding of .Shorl- 
liorn cattle, of which be has two hundred and fifty 
head of high-grade Kentucky Short-horns and he 
has twenty-four head of graded Perclieron horses. 
It cannot be denied that the live stock interests of 
the Suntlower State have been greatly augmented 
liy the labor.s and efforts of Mr. Hubbard. 

The subject of this sketch was married Novem- 
ber :?. 18C!t. at the bride's home in Michigan to 
Miss Almira 1. Itarto. Mrs. Hubbard was born in 
Kalamazoo County. Miih., February 1, 1849, and 
is the daughter of Orin Barto. a native of Ilines- 
burg, \'t. Her paternal grandfather, David Barto. 
was a native of France and upon coming to 
America settled in A'ermont. In that State David 
Barto was reared to niaidiood and |)rosecuted farm- 
ing there until 1854. That year he emigrated to 
Michigan, locating in Kalamazoo County, where 
he sjieiit the remainder of his life. He married 
AHss Polly Stevens, whom it is supposed was like- 
wise a native of the Oreen Mountain .State. After 
the death of her husband, Gran<lniother Barto 
went to Montana to visit her children and died 
there. The father of .Mrs. Hubbard was reared 
and married in ilic (Ireen .Mountain Slate where 
he lived until about 18;51 ami ilien emigrated to 



Michigan during the earliest settlement of Kala- 
mazoo County. He journeyed by Lake Cham- 
plain and tlie (hamplain Canal, then by the Erie 
Canal and the lakes to Deli-oit. whence he proceeded 
the balance of the journey by team. He purchased 
a tract of timber laud when bear, deer and wolves 
were plentiful, and constructed a good farm which 
he occupied until 186.'). That year, selling out. he 
removed to Barry County where he purchased a 
farm upon which he resided until the death of the 
wife and mother, about 1881. Afterward hem.ide 
his home with his children until his dealli. which 
took place at the home of his daugh'er in .Mecosta 
County, in January, 1882. 

The motlier of Mrs. Hubbard bore the maiden 
name of Esther A verill. She was born in \'ermont 
and was the daughter of Truman Averill, likewise 
a native of the Green Mountain State and who 
emigrated to Kalamazoo County, Mich., as early as 
1829. He was thus among the first settlers of that 
region. He possessed all the hardy elements of 
the pioneer and improved a farm from the wilder- 
ness, where he spent the remainder of his days. 
Mrs. Esther (Averill) Barto departed this life 
tJctober 17. 1881. 
I The Republican parly has received the cordial 
endorsement of Mr. Hubbard since he becanie a 
voting citizen He has kept himself well informed 
I upon current events and while a resident of Mich- 
' igan was Clerk of Yankee Springs Township for a 
] period of six years. I'pon coming to Kansas he 
serveil the people of .lackson Townsliip as Road 
I Overseer one ye:ir and Trustee of said township 
two terms, and in 187.> was elected to the State 
Legislature, serving to such good purpose that he 
was returned in 1876. While a nuMnber of the 
General Assembly he w.is on various import-int 
committees, including Ways and Means, and Rail- 
roads, aucl w.as Chairman of the committee on 
Roads and Highways. He voted every time for 
nine days for Mr. Plumb for Fnitod States Senator. 
He was elected Register of Deeds in 1X79 and re- 
electeil in 1881. He served !i,s a delegate to numcr- 
0U8 Stale and county conventions and in 1889 was 
a delegate to the tliini Deep Harbor Convention 
which met at Topeka. Socially he belongs to 
Wellington Lodge. No. l.j(\ F. & A. M.. Sumner 



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Chapter No. 37, R. A. M., St. -lolin Commander.v, 
No. 24, K. T., WcUinglon Lodge. No. 24, A. O. 
U. AV., and James Shield Post. January, 1890, the 
President appointed Mr. Hubbard Supervisor of 
Census for the Fourth District in Kansas, about 
one-fourth part of the State. Mr. Hubbard h.ns 
about eight hundred or one thousand appointments 
to make in his district. 

Tf/ AMES R. GIDEON. The home of this gen- 
tleman and his family is pleasantly located 
on section 22, Belle Plaine Township, of 
which he is quite an early settler. He now 
owns tliree hundred and twenty acres of valuable 
land, in the accumulation of which he has been 
ably assisted by his devoted wife, who shared in all 
the hardships of their early years in the AVest, and 
who with him is now enjoying the fruit of useful 
and industrious lives, the respect of all who know 
them, and the devotion of their children. 

Mr. Gideon was born in Loudoun County, \'a.., 
December 28, 1828, to Henry and Nancy (Miller) 
Gideon, who were natives of the same county, 
and of German ancestry. His grandfather, Peter 
Gideon, was a soldier in the Revolutionarj' AVar, 
and his uncle, George (iideon, took part in the war 
of 1812. To his parents eleven children were born, 
of whom all survive save David, the ninth on the 
family roll. Jacob lives in Hall County, Neb. : 
Alfred, in Macon County, 111 ; Joseph, in Musca- 
tine Count3% Iowa; Ann. the wife of Samuel Gar- 
vey, in Sangamon County, 111.; Peter, in Hall 
County, Neb. : Valentine and Sanford, in Omaha, 
Neb.; Mary E., the wife of Andrew Beruett, in 
Madison County. Iowa ; and Oliver, in Hall County, 
Neb. 

While still a small infant James R. Gideon a( 
companied his parents in their removal to Cham 
paign County. Ohio, where they were among the 
early settlers, taking up their abode there while 
wild hogs and bears and Miami Indians were still 
numerous in the region. The parents endured such 
hardships as fell to the lutof Ohio pioneers, and the 
boyhood of our subject was i)assed ;unid frontier 



scenes. AVhen he was fourteen years old the fam- 
ily emigrated to Sangamon County, 111., where he 
was reared to manhood. His entire bo3'liood and 
youth having been sjieut where there were no free 
schools, and where all educational work was kept 
up by subscriptions, he had not the advantages 
afforded the youth of this day and age, but ac- 
cjuired what knowledge he could under the circum- 
stances which surrounded him, and added to his 
information l\y reading in later years. 

In the spring of 1873, ;\Ir. Gideon with his fam- 
ily, which at that time comprised his wife and four 
children, removed to Sumner Count}', Kan., and 
settled on the farm which they still occupy. Four- 
teen acres of the quarter section on which he lo- 
cated was broken ground, and a 12x14 foot house, 
made of planks, was the only other improvement. 
He has not only well improved the acreage of 
which he first took possession, but has added to his 
landed estate, and successfully carried on his agri- 
cultural work. 

A quarter of a century ago, on September 20, 
1864. the rites of wedlock were ce'ebrated between 
Mr. Gideon and Miss Catherine Blue. She is of 
Irish descent in both her paternal and maternal 
lineage, and a daughter of Robert and Martha 
(Blue) Blue, l)oth of whom were natives of Ken- 
tucky. Her paternal grandfather is supposed to 
have been a Revolutionary soldier. Her parents 
were earlj' settlers in Menard County, 111., where 
her birth occurred September 1, 1846. The family 
circle of which she made one comprised seven chil- 
dren, five of whom still live. One died in infancy', 
and Elizabeth in mature years; Eliza is the wife of 
Edward Vaughn, of Christian County, III.; John 
lives in Springfield, 111.; Emily is the wife of .\n- 
thony Kinnamon, of Macon County, 111. ; and 
Nancy, the wife of Hiram Hendrix. of Nebraska. 

Eleven children have come to bless the union of 
.Mr. and Mrs. Gideon, and nine still live: Anne is 
the wife of Robert Nugent, of Belle Plaine Town- 
ship, tills county; and Martha, the wife of Julius 
Bender, .also of this county; Peter, Minnie, Oliver, 
Mabel. Edward. Ettie and Katie still linger under 
the parental roof-tree. Mr. Gideon is a believer in 
the principles of the Democratic p.artj-, and there- 
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lie lias scrveil on the Soliool lU)nril of liis district. 
MTiii oviiifos an interest in echicalional matters, and 
in ail otiier movements wliieli tend to eievale and 
improve society and forward tlie interests of the 
coinmuiiitv. 

6S)K0R(;K RINKIIAIM. a prosperous farmer 
p of .laekson Townsliip. owns two hundred 
ii and f(»rly acres or good hind on sections 

22 and 28; one hundred ind sixtj' acres on the 
former, and eigiity on the latter section. His en- 
tire farm is under high cultivation, is well im- 
proved and stocked, and fidly supplied with all 
necessary buildings. His family residence, barns 
and other buildings are all frame structures, 
erected in a tasty and substantial manner, and are 
a credit to his enterprise. His success in his 
chosen vocation is owing to his unremitting en- 
ergy and intelligent adaptation of necessar3- means 
to secure the desired results. He holds a high 
place in the neighborhood as a man and friend, and 
is entirely worthy of the esteem which he receives 
from all who have the pleasure of his .acquaintance. 

David Uinehart. father of our subject, was born 
in Pennsylvania, it is thought in Xorthumberland 
County. His father, Valentine Kinehart, was a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, ami thence removed to Ohio 
while the latter State was in the first stage of its ' 
settlement. Tbey crossed the mountains in wagons 
drawn by horses, and wound slowly along through 
the almost trackless forests till they reached their 
destination in the county of Stsirk, where they were 
among the very first settlers. Upon his arrival in 
the county be took up a tract of (iovernment land, 
a portion of whi<-li wiis heavily timbered and the | 
rest oak openings. It was hanl work clearing the 
land, but he persevered until he had a nice farm, 
upon which he lived till he fell asleep to awake in | 
that Innd where the inhabitants never grow weary 
or faint with the toil which is the common lot of 
man on this s[ihcre. , 

The father of our subject was eighteen years of ' 
age when he accoinpanieil his parents to Ohio. He 
remained under the |iarental roof till he married I 



and sot up in housekeeping for himself. Following 
his marriage he removed to Carroll County, Ohio, 
where he bought a tract of heavily timbered lanil. 
which he procc'e<Ied to clear and fit for agricultural 
purposes. His first care, however, was to build a 
h>juse, which he constructed out of logs. Jt w.as 
only a humble cabin, but it sheltered a noble heart, 
fired with the resistless spirit of progression, which 
h.as made the American name famous over the 
whole world. Mr. Rinehart split puncheon for the 
fioor of his little cot, and constructed a chimne}- 
out of earth and sticks. This lowly abode w.as the 
birthplace of the subject of this sketch, and in that 
vicinity he grew to manhood. 

Timber was of no appreciable value in that part 
of the country during the youth of fJeorge Rinehart. 
consequently, they rolled large logs together and 
burned them to get them out of the way. Diligent 
labor on the ymrt of the father of our subject was 
rewarded with a fair measure of success, and he 
w.as soon enabled to abandon the "little old log 
cabin" for a substantially built two-story house of 
hewn logs, in which he [)assed the greater part of 
his life. There were no railroads in that neighbor- 
hood during the 3'outh of our subject, and they 
were obliged to carry all their produce to the town 
of Bolivar, on the Ohio Canal. In 1883 David 
Rinehart sold his farm, but purchased another In 
the same township, where he removed and resided 
till his death, April 7, 1886. The maiden name of 
the mother of our subject w.as Kli/.abelh .Snyder. 
.She w.as born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter 
of John .Snyder. She is an estimable woman, and 
still lives on the homestead in Rose Township. Car- 
roll Count}', Ohio. The union of Mr. and Mrs. 
David Rinehart resulted in the birth of six chil- 
dren, of whom four survive, and are named as 
follows: (ieorge. Sarah A.. N'alenline and .lames H. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Rose 
Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March •!, 18;}.i. 
He was reared in his native township, and re- 
ceived such education as was afforded by the 
schools of his district. There were no free schools 
in his neighborhood in those days, and the people 
were obliged to maintain such centers of education 
as they desired at their own expense. The first 
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building, heated by an open fireplace. He was an in- 
dustrious joutli. and early began assisting liis fallier 
in clearing and cultivating his land. Upon reaching 
his majority he took to liimself a wife in the person 
of Miss Harriet Walls. Their nuptials were cele- 
brated March 18, 185C, and they went to house- 
keeping on eighty acres of land in Rose Township, 
which was given to Mr. Rinehart by his father, and 
which had a log house already built upon it. Mrs. 
Rinehart was a native of the same township as her 
husband. Her birth occurred October 17, 1835, 
and her active life was spent in her native place. 

In 1863 Mr. Rinehart removed from Ohio to 
Kansas, locating in Sumner County, where he now 
resides. In the year following, on the 3d of 
September, his wife departed this life for a belter, 
leaving four children to the care of t|ieir bereaved 
father. They were named rcspeclively : Sarah K., 
David O.. John E. and Hugh M. The second mar- 
riage of our subject look place October 19, 1865, 
to Miss Martha Kiuily Wallers, a native of Co- 
shocton County. Ohio, and daughter of George and 
Martha (Thompson) Walters. Tliis union resulted 
in the birth of three children, whose names are Ed- 
ward E., Walter O. and Emma A. 

Mr. Rinehart was reared in the Lutheran Church, 
and Mrs. Rinehart was reared in the Presbyterian 
faith, but since taking up their residence in Sumner 
County they have both united with the Presbjte- 
rian denominalit)n which worships at Rome. They 
are highly respected in the community for their 
many good qualities, and have a large circle of 
friends. Mr. Rinehart is a stanch Republican in 
politics, but does not usually take a verj- deep in- 
terest in purely political affairs. 



-i-t-f=^^4+^- 



-^. LEXANDER CARNAHAN, Register of 
(. @y4J| ' Deeds, Sumner Countv, although he has 
lii not resided in this county manj- years, 
has gained a high standing among her cit- 
izens, being known as a man of strict probity, va- 
ried knowledge, and more than ordinarj- culture, 
lie was elected to the otlice which lie now holds in 
18.S9, at which time lie removed U> Wellington, 



where he now makes his home. In politics he is a 
Republican, and is proud of the fact that he cast 
his first' Presidential ballot for James A. Garfield. 
I'he subject of this sketch was born upon land 
in Pennsylvania which his great-grandfather had 
entered from the Government, and where his father 
and grandfather were born and spent their lives. 
His grandfather was well known throughout West- 
ern Pennsylvania, and occupied many prominent 
and useful positions in his day. He;served in the 
War of 1812 under Gen. Harrison. He was 
County Commissioner for along term of years, be- 
ing a member of the board when the location of 
the court house was decided ; the ballot was a tie, 
and it fell to his lot to cast the deciding vote, wliich 
he did in favor of the present site. He also served 
as a member of the State Legislature with credit to 
himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He 
died in 1879 at the advanced age of ninety years. 
He was a member of the United Presbyterian 
Church. The maiden name of his wife was Nancy 
Smith. Unto them were born seven children, of 
whom but two are now living — George R.. who re- 
sides on the old homestead, and David T.. a promi- 
nent minister in the Presbyterian Church. 

AViliiam Carnahau, the father of our subject, dieil 
in March, 1865, at the age of forty-three years. 
He was the father of eight children, one of whom 
was horn after his own death. His widow was 
spared to sec her family grow to womanhood and 
manhood, her death occurring March 16, 1887. 
She had fulfilled all her duties as a good Christian 
and devoted wife and mother, in a manner to call 
forth the highest praise. 

The gentleman whose name introduces this bio- 
graphical compendium opened hiseyes to the light in 
Union Township, Allegheny County, Pa., February 
28,1852. He is the second son of his parents, and was 
left fatherless at the age of thirteen years. After tak- 
ing a special course in the University of Pittsburg 
he concluded to try his fortunes in the West.and hav- 
ing journeyed as far as lllinc)is, spent ayear in that 
Stale. Ho then came to Belle Plaine, Kan., during 
the winter and purchased a tract of wild land in 
Sedgwick County, which he improved, and upon 
which he resided until the spring of 1883. He 
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he boiifjlit two hundretl anil forty acres, nearly all 
raw land. This he imi)rovc(l and made his home 
until his election to the olliw of rcjjister of deeds, 
beinfj engaged in general farming and stock-raising, 
proving his aljility as an agrioultui-ist, and placing 
himself in a front rank among tiic farmers. 

An imponnnt step in Iho life of Mr. Carnahan 
was taken in l.ST'.t. when he became the hiisliand of 
Miss Emma KimUle. She is a native of Pickaway 
County, Ohio, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah 
Kiinhle. and is a woman of intelligence, relinenient 
and fine characler. She is a <lcvoted member of the 
Presbyterian Church, as is her husband, and like 
him she holds a high position in the esteem of the 
community. Mr. and Mrs. Carnahan are the i)ar- 
ents of three children who are living, and of one 
— Maggie A. — who died when a year old. 

kOUIS X. PIHLLIPPI. Few men within 
the limitsof Morris Township have attained 
to a better position through a course of in- 
dustry and good management than the subject of 
this biographical outline, who is the owner of one 
of its (inest farms, embracing three hundred and 
twenty acres on section G. Mr. Phillippi is in 
possession of the true secret of comfort and prolil. 
p.aying others to do his h.ard work and keeping out 
a close eye to the general management, noting the 
receipts and disbursements and knowing ai all limes 
where he stands financially, lie is a man liberal 
and progiessive in his ideas and one evidently who 
was born to m.ake his mark in his community 

The native place of our subject was in Westmore- 
land County, Pa., and the date of his birth .luly 
IC, 1834. lie was the fourth in a family of six 
children liorn to John and Kve ( I'.rant) Phillippi, 
both of whom were natives of the Keystone Slate, 
where they were reared and niarrie<l and whcic 
they spent their entire lives. .lohn Phillipi>i w.as a 
farmer by occupation and he likewise otllcialed as 
an exhorter in the I'nited Urethren Church, lie 
died at the old homestead in Westmoreland County 
in 18.")l. The mother survived her husband for a 
period of thirty-two years, remaining a widow .-uid 



departed this life at the age of eighty. The farm 
which the falher secured in his early manhood is 
still in the family and considered one of the linest 
estates in Westmoreland County. 

Young Phillippi acquired such education .as was 
furnished by the common school and at the age of 
eighteen years started out for himself, engaging for 
aliout one year with a partner in the mercantile 
business. He wsis then broken up by the rascality 
of his partner, losing nearly all he had and assum- 
ing the debts of the concern, all of which he liqui- 
dated to the full extent, lie continued in business 
for eleven years and was then burned out. with no 
insurance. He then moved to Stahlstown, continu- 
ing there also in the mercantile business for eleven 
years in all. ami in the meantime traded a farm 
which he had purch.ased for a three story house, 
two lots and a stable. This also was destroyed b}- 
fire, and no insurance. In 1 87(1 he removed to 
W.ayne County. Ohio, and was in business there 
two years. Then pushing on further Westward he 
settled on a farm in lOdingham County, III., where 
be sojourned four years. 

Selling out then again, we next find Mr. Phillippi 
at Altamont. where he again associated himself 
with a |)arlner and at the end of three years found 
himself again a loser, and forced to commence oncc^ 
more at the foot of the ladder. This brings Mr. 
Phillippi up to l.ST'.l, in which 3'ear he came to this 
.State and seUletl in Ness County, where he so- 
journed five years, living in a sod house and was 
never able to raise a crop during the whole lime. 
Finally, securing a small stock of notions and jew- 
elry he packed them into trunks and traveled on 
the railroad from one town to ant)ther, disposing 
of Ills merchandise, and thus managed to cle.ir 
^'lOO above expenses every month. After thus 
securing a sulficient sum of money he. in 188.'). 
came it> this county and purchased three hundred 
and twenty acres of partially improved land, em- 
bracing his present homestead. This last venture 
proved highly successful. He has now a well-de- 
Teloped farm which yields in abund.ince the rich 
crops of the Sunllowcr Slate and is also largely de- 
voted to the breeding of caltle and swine. 

While a resident of Pennsylvania Mr. Phillippi. 
in 1855, took unto himself a wife and helpmate, 



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Miss Maiy, dauo-liter of William and Jane (Grove) 
AVeaver. Parents and dauj^hter were natives of 
the same township in Pennsjlvania as our subject. 
Mrs. Philliiipi was born September 10, 1837, and 
was tlie eldest in a family of five children. 'Die 
mother died April 16. 1887. Mr. Weaver is still 
living in Pennsylvania, being now past eighty 
years old. There have also been born five chil- 
dren to Mr. and Mrs. Phillippi. four of whom are 
living. John is a resident of Halstead, this State; 
Imelda. Edgar and Bertram are at home with their 
parents. The latter are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church in which Mr. Phillippi has been 
for many years a Class-Leader and Steward. He 
identified himself witli the Masonic fraternity while a 
resident of his native State and at the present time 
belongs to the lodge at Argonia. For over fifteen 
years he has been a member in good standing of 
the A. O. r. W.. holding various offices, and he 
also belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He cast his 
first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, at the 
organization of the Republican party and has since 
been an active supporter of its princii)les. After 
the outbreak of the Civil War he endeavored to 
enter tlie ranks as a Union soldier in the Two Hun- 
dred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, but was 
rejected on account of physical disaliility. lie. 
however, was elected sutler and sent a man in his 
place. The latter robbed him of $4,000 worth of 
goods which had been purchased ou thirty days' 
time. 



I NTHONY WINDELL. Considering the 

^^ limited amount of capital with which the 

/// 1ft subject of this notice commenced life in 
f Kansas a few years since, his success has 

been almost phenomenal. This has only been 
brought about by the most unflagging industry 
and the exercise of good judgment, in addition to 
the practice of a close economy. He lias now a 
well-improved farm in Morris Township, free from 
encumbrance, with convenient modern buildings 
antl a very fine apple orchard, besides trees of the 
smaller fruits. The homestead is beautifully lo- 
cated, and is invariably an object of admiration to 



all who pass by it. The proprietor is a man held 
in high respect in his community — a respect which 
he has earned by his straightforward dealings with 
his fellow-men. 

The early tramping ground of Mr. Windell was 
in Harrison County. Ind.. where he first opened 
his eyes to the light November 27. 1842. He w,as 
the tenth in a family of eleven children born to 
Anthony and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Windell, 
the father a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., 
and the mother born in Hardin County, Ky. Both 
went to Indiana with their respective parents early 
in life, and were there married. The father car- 
ried on farming in Harrison County, eliminating a 
good homestead from tiie wilderness, and departed 
this life in 1855. The mother survived her hus- 
band for a period of twenty -one years, remaining 
a widow and passing awaj- in .September, 1876. 
Anthony Windell. Sr., served in the Black Hawk 
War as Captain of the celebrated Yellow Jacket 
camp of Indians. Eleven of the children of the 
parental family are living. 

Young Windell attended the common school 
during liie winter seasons in his boyhood, and as- 
sisted his father on the farm until a lad of four- 
teen years. Then, starting out on his own account, 
he was employed on a farm until after the outbreak 
of the Civil War. In January, 1862. when a little 
over nineteen years of age, he enlisted as a Union 
soldier in Company B. Fifty third Indiana Infan- 
try, under the command of Col. W. (^. Gresham. 
They remained on <luty at Indianapolis for a time, 
guarding prisoners, then repaired to Savannah 
and Corinth, and subsequently look jiart witii 
Gen. Hurlbut's Division — -the Seventeenth Army 
Corps — in the engagements which followed. Mr. 
Windell met the enem3' at Hatchie's Run and the 
siege of Vicksburg. about which time his terra of 
enlistment expired. He then veteranized, while on 
the Black River, near Vicksburg. Subsequently, 
while on a foraging expedition, he fell over a cliff 
and was seriously injured, so that he was obliged 
to accept his honorable discharge, in December, 
1864. for disability. 

Upon leaving the army, .Mr. Windell returned 
to InilLina and resumed fanning, sojourning there 
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tied ill Dalhis County, but soon became (lissalislu'd 
with ills siiri'oundings. and we next find iiim in 
Cowley County, llii.s State. He sojourned there 
also only a brief season, then coming lo tiiis county, 
located u])on the land which lie now owns and oc- 
cupies. The outlook at th:il time was any thing 
but encouraging, the land being as the Indians 
liad left it. Mr. Windell first secured one hun- 
dred and si.\ty acres, to which he has since added, 
and has now three hundred and twenty acres, one 
hundred and ninety of which are under the plow. 
lie has cxpendeii no small amount of time anil 
hard cash in erecting his buildings, gathering to- 
gether the necessai-}' machinery and putting the 
farm in good running order. His orchard com- 
prises fifty apple trees in good bearing condition, 
this alone being the Source of a handsome income. 
Otherwise, he raises the usual crojis of tlii.s region 
and also considerable live stock. 

Mr. Windell was married in Harrison County, 
lud.. April 2!t. 1805. to Miss Emily C, daughter 
of llcnrv and Annie (Pennington) Sieg. Mrs. 
Windell was the third in a family of thirteen chil- 
dren, anil was born in Indiana November l!l. 184 1. 
Her parents were natives respectively of \'irginia 
and Indiana, to which latter .State the father re- 
moved when a young man. and was there married. 
Tliey were residents thereafter of Harrison County, 
where the father died in 18G."). The mother is 
still living at the old homestead, and is now sixt\-- 
five years old. 

Mrs. Windell acquired her education in the 
common scliool. and remained under the parental 
roof until her marriage. I'welve children have 
been born to this couple, ten of whom are living. 
Mary Madeline is the wife of .lohn T. .lohnson. a 
resident of Morris Township, this county, and tiicy 
have one child; Anna Florence married Charles 
Holland, and they live on a farm in .Mi^rris Town- 
ship: Kli/.abetU remains with her parents: Sarah is 
the wife of .Samuel H. Brooks, of Harper County; 
Charles. Alice. Minnie. Ida. Amanda and Atta are 
at home with their parents. .Mr. and Mrs. Windell 
are members in good standing of the Christian 
Advent Church. Mr. Windell belongs to the 
Farraer'.s Alliance, in which he oflieiates as Assist- 
ant lA'Cturer. He takes an inler^t in political .af- 



fairs and gives his support to the Republican party. 

The mater-ial grandfather of Mrs. Windell was 
Dennis Pennington, a native of Tennessee, vho 
emigrated lo Indiana in time to assist in organiz- 
ing the Territorial fJovernment. He was a man of 
fine talents and executive abilit}-. and was a mem- 
ber of the Indiana Legislature many years after it 
was admitted into the Cnion as a State. He mar- 
ried Miss Klizabeth Knglish, a native of Kentucky, 
whose father was one of the earliest settlers of the 
Ulue Grass State. .Mr. Knglish was murdered by 
Indians, who captured his wife and three children. 
The wife soon escaped with her youngest child, 
but Elizabeth and her brother were kept in captiv- 
ity for a period of twelve years. Peace was then 
declared, and a treaty' was made with the Indians 
by which the}' released all their white prisoners, 
and the two were thus returned to their friends. 
Mr. Wnidell. our subject, was one of six sons, 
three of wiioni entered the Union service during 
the Civil War, and .lohn died, in 18G2, at home; 
Washington was the Captain of Company F. Thir 
ly-eighth Indiana Infantry. 

When Mr. Windell came to Kansas he reacheil 
Wichita with a wife ami six children and !;.">. ."lO in 
money. He hired an ox-team to break his prairie 
farm land, then returned lo Cowie}" County and 
broke an equal number of acres for the owner of 
the oxen. 

NT( )N W EN( ; Li:i{. The farmers of Oxford 
Township have a worthy representative in 
this gentleman, who in le.ss than a decade 
h:is made of his estate one of the finest and 
most productive in tlic vicinity. That farm was 
purchased by him in 1880, and was but slightlj' 
improved at that time, and the one hundred 
and sixty acres which comprise it now bear a fine 
orchard, grove and hedges, a comfortable and 
subslantial dwelling, and other adequate farm 
buildings. 

Mr. Wengler w:is born in Madison County. Mo.. 
March IC. 18.')0. and is the son of .Vntonand Cath- 
erine (.Shumer) Wengler, natives of Germanj', who 
settled in Missouri oncoming to the I'nitcd .Si.ites, 




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and tbeie remained until the death of the father 
in 1872. Our subject was reared and educated at 
his native place, and his boyish eyes witnessed 
some of the ravages of the late Civil War. He was 
married .January 27. 1S76, to Miss Lizzie P^mde, of 
Burlingham County', and continued to reside in 
Missouri until he came to tliis place. 

The wife of Mr. AVeugler was born August 22, 
1855, and is a daughter of Henry and Marj' Emde, 
who were natives of Germany, and identified them- 
selves -with the farming communities of Missouri 
upon coming to the United States. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Wengler five children have been born, all of 
whom are still spared to them. They bear the 
names of Catherine, John, Bertha, Lizzie and Mai-y, 
and it is the intention of the parents to give them 
the best advantages in the way of schooling, and 
such moral and practical training as shall fit them 
for useful lives. 

An enterprising and energetic farmer, an intelli- 
gent and honorable man, and a reliable citizeu. Mr. 
AVengler is respected bj' his neighbors, and his 
worthv wife shares in their esteem. 



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^1 ASPER C. MANEE. There are few farms 
in Sumner County upon which the proprie- 
tors have labored to better advantage than 
that which is owned and occupied l(y the 
subject of this sketch. His well-tilled fields pro- 
duce in abundance the rich crops of the Sunflower 
State, but Mr. Manee has made a specialtj' of fruit- 
growing, in wliich industry he excels. Upon com- 
ing to this county, in 1872, he purchased one 
hundred and sixty acres of land on section 7, Falls 
Township, and subsequently pre-empted one hun- 
dred and ten acres on section 6. In 1877 he re 
moved to his present quarters, where he has a neat 
and substantial residence, good outbuildings, an 
abunilance of fruit and shade trees and all the 
other appliances of modern farm life. 

Mr. Manee was born on Staten Island, N. Y., 
January 16, 1821, and is the son of Isaac and Maria 
(Cropsey) Manee. who were natives respectively 
of Staten Island and Long Island. The father 



was a ship carpenter by trade and during his early 
manhood served .as a soldier in the War of 1812. 
afterward receiving a pension. He spent his entire 
life on his native island. The paternal grandfather, 
Abraham Manee, was also born on Staten Island. 
His ancestors were of old Huguenot stock and were 
prominent people in their day among the early 
Colonists. Grandfather Cropsey- was likewise a 
soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

Mrs. Maria (Cropsey) ISLinee was the daughter 
of Harmonis Cropse}', whose ancestors came from 
Holland. Of her union with Isaac Manee there 
were born ten children, viz. : Harmon. Anna E., 
Abraham, Jasper C, Isaac, Harmon, 2d; Susan, 
Nicholas, Ellen J., and one who died unnamed in 
infancy. Jasper C. of tiiis sketch, w.is the fourth 
child and was reared on his native island, attending 
school until a lad of fourteen 3'ears. He was unu- 
sually bright and ambitious and at an early age 
became anxious to start out in the world for him- 
self. When leaving school he repaired to New 
YorkCitj'and commenced serving an apprenticeship 
to the silversmith's trade with which he occupied 
himself until 1849. At that time the California 
gold excitement was attracting many young men 
to the Pacific Slope and Mr. Manee joined the cara- 
van journeying thither, entering the mines, and 
engaged in searching for tlie j'ellow ore with fair 
success until 1855. 

Six years of life in the extreme wild West sufficed 
to satisfy Mr. Manee and he gladly returned to his 
native place, but only to sojourn one year or less. 
He now found he could no longer content himself 
in tlie place of his birth or anj' where else in the 
East, and in 1856 he again set his face toward the 
Mississippi, which he crossed a second time, coming 
then to Jefferson County, this State, and taking up 
a homestead claim in Jefferson Township. About 
this time the border troubles commenced and Mr. 
Manee was one of the verj^ few men who had the 
courage to maintain their position among the In- 
dians and highway assassins who infested the coun- 
try. In addition to the danger of an encounter 
with these, there were also many hardships to en- 
dure in endeavoring to develop a homestead and 
make a living. 

Mr. Manee, however, stood his ground, remaining 







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a resirlent of Jefferson Count}- until lH72,an(l be- 
coming a prominent man in his community. He 
served as a County Commissioner several years 
and held the minor olHces. Such was his course as 
a citizen, that he enjo^'ed tlie confidence and es- 
teem of all who knew him and no man was more 
warmly interested in the welfare and advancenicnt 
of his adopted county. However, in 1M72, desir- 
ing a change of location and believing he could 
belter himself in Sumner County, ho removed 
liither. 

Durinij: the progress of the Civil War .Mr. Mance 
joined the Jefferson Count)' militia and assisted in 
driving the rebel General Price from Independence. 
He is a Republican, politically, and during the 
times whirli tried men's souls he steatlfastly main- 
tained his loyalty to the Union. While a resident 
of New York City, Mr. Manee. on the •2d of 
August, 1846, was united in the bonds of wedlock 
with Miss Eliza J. Denton. Mrs. Manee was born 
in Connecticut in 18.'31, and when about eighteen 
years old removed with her parents to West Milton, 
N. J. Her union with our subject resulted in the 
birth of six children, and the mother died at the 
homestead in Jefferson County, Kan., in 18G1. With 
the exception of an infant who died unnamed, the 
children were christened res|)eclively : HarniGU. 
Jaspereua, Jessie, Avery, and Lucy. Three of these 
are living and making their homes in Caldwell. 

Mr. Manee has a pleasant and commoclious resi- 
dence, which is represented by a line view on 
another page of this woik. 



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i: SAAC K. WINTERS. A front rank among 
I, the farmers of Sumner County is ociiipie<l by 
/li the above named gentleman, and 1 is assured 
jwsition in financial circles luas been accoin|>lished 
bj- his own efforts and his wise use of the strength 
and ability bestowed upon him by nature. He has 
not onl}' a high standing among farmers and fruit- 
growers, but enjoys a meritorious war record and 
a reputation for uprightness and Christian charac- 
ter which make it a special pleasure to represent 
him in this volume. 

liefore entering upon the sketch of the life of 



our subject, it may be well to <levolc a few lines 
to his progenitors. His father. .lohn S. Winters, 
was born in the (Ireen Mountain State. December 
12, 1S12. and in his boyhood was taken by his 
I)arents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winters, to Pre- 
l)Ie County, Ohio. He entered the ministry of 
the United Brethren Ciiurch when twenty -one years 
of age, preaching his lirst sermon in Preble County, 
Ohio. In Darke County, Ohio, March 29,1832, 
he was united in marriage with Miss Prudence, 
daughter of Nathaniel Harris. She was born in 
that county in 181:5, am] her death took place in 
18(-6. About the year 1850 Polder Winters moved 
to Logansport, Ind., and iireached in that vicinity 
until his death, in May, 1883. Tlie parental fam- 
\[y comprised nine children: Eli, Isaac R., Maria, 
John B., Marvin, .Sopliia. San Francisco, Theophi- 
lus R. and Elvira. 

Isaac R. Winters was born in Preble County, 
Ohio, Eebrujry 21. 1838. and passed the first twelve 
years of his life in his native county. Prom that 
time until 1871 his home was in Cass County, Ind., 
whence he removed to Kansas, and the followi no- 
spring pre-em|)te<l one hundred and sixty acres on 
section 'J.Caldwell Township; he immediately iden- 
tified himself with the agriculturists and the bet- 
ter class of citizens of Sumner County. He has 
given all his time to general fanning and fruit 
growing, improving his land and bringing it to a 
stale of cultivation second to none in the vicinity. 
He is a memberof the Farmers' Alliance and of the 
Christian Church. 

In 18G1 Mr. Winters determined to devote his 
energy to the preservation of the I'nion, find join- 
ing the army as a private in Company B. Forty- 
sixth Indiana Infantry, became an integral part of 
the Army of the Cumberland, having for his com- 
manding ollicers three of the most noted generals 
in cfjnleniporaneous history — Logan, Sheiman and 
Cirant. Although he participated in struggles on 
many a hard-fought field, he fortunately escaped 
wounds and retained such excellent health that he 
was never an inmateof the hospital. At New Mad- 
rid. Huddles Point. St. Charles (Ark.), Ft. IVmber- 
loii. Ft. (.iibson. Champion Hills. Siege of \ icksburg, 
Jackson ( Miss.), (u-and Coteaii (La.) ami Mans- 
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in the minor engagements and weary marches. 
Under all circumstances he manifested the same 
loyal and uncomplaining spirit, and the same de- 
termination thnt his share in the great conflict 
should be liravely borne. In November, 1865, he 
received his honorable discharge at Louisville, 
Ky., and fsnce more resumed the peaceful occupa- 
pations which had been interrupted by the call to 
arms. 

In Cass County, Ind., October 14, 1868, the 
riles of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. Win- 
ters and Miss Mary E. McCoy. The bride was born 
in Pulaski County. Ind., July 19, 1846, and de- 
parted this life jMarcli 2',), 1873. She had borne her 
husbanii three children: Amy, Frank P. and Harry 
P., the latter of whom died March 4, 1873, at the 
age of three months. On May .30, 1874. Mr. Win- 
ters was again married, taking as his companion 
Mrs. Sarah M. Malone, of Sumner Count3-, widow 
of Ezekiel .S. Malone. Slie is a daughter of Ezekiel 
^'. and Icyphena (Marrs) Lisenb}'; her father was 
born in Washington County, Tenn., on February 
14, 1808, "and her mother in Monroe County, Kj'., 
February 25,1816. Mrs. Lisenb}' departed this 
life September 14, 1884; her husband still survives, 
and is making his home with our subject. 

On another page of the Album will be found a 
lithographic view of the residence of Mr. and ^Irs. 
Winters. 



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^ 0SEPHU8 W. FORNEY, State Senator for 
Sumner County. Twenty-eighth District, is 
a picineer of Belle Plaine Township, and 
has for a number of years enjoyed a go6d 
legal practice in Belle Plaine. He is the possessor 
of an excellent education, his collegiate course 
having been due to his own efiforts, and has thor- 
oughly learned the principles of justice and cquitj'. 
Mr. Forney is of German and English ancestry, 
and needs to go back but three generations on the 
genealogical tree ere reaching Germany. His 
grandfather Forney was born in Maryh'nd, but 
spent the greater part of his life in Guernsey 
County, Ohio, where he settled in 1811, and where 



John Forney, father of our subject, was born. The 
latter is still living there and is now well advanced 
in years. He married Miss Filiza Wilson, and to 
this union on September 26, 1841, a son was born, 
of whose history' this sketch will give an outline. 

Reared to manhood on a farm in his native 
county and .State, he of whom we write received 
an elementary education in the district schools. 
and took up the profession of a teacher at the age 
of sixteen years. For nine winters he was oc- 
cupied in the instruction of others and during this 
time he took the scientific course in Madison Col- 
lege at Antrim, Ohio, attending during the sum- 
mer months and paying his tuition and other 
expenses with the money he earned in teaching. In 
1858, he began the study of the law alone, con- 
tinuing his reading in this waj' until 1861, when 
he entered tlie oflice of Col. J. D. Taylor, at Cam- 
bridge, Ohio, with whom he reail between two and 
three years. 

Mr. Forney was admitted to the Ohio State bar 
in 1863. In the winter of 1864 he re-enlisted, be- 
coming a member of Company B, One Hundred and 
Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry and receiving the com- 
mission of Lieutenant, which office he filled dur- 
ing the remainder of his service. The greater 
part of his second term of service was spent in 
post duty in various States, and he was honorably 
discharged in July, 1865, although not virtually 
released until the spring of 1866. 

Returning to the Buckeye State, Mr. Forney en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession in Cam- 
bridge, until some time during the year 1867, 
when he opened an ofHce in St. Charles, Iowa. 
After sojourning in that town until the spring of 
1871, he came to Belle Plaine, since which time he 
has given this section the benefit of his legal 
knowledge and professional skill. The fall after 
his arrival here he pre-empted one hundred and 
sixty acres of land in Belle Plaine Township, com- 
prising the nortlnvest quarter of section 18, upon 
which he settled, being practicallj' its first occu[)ant 
as it WIS virtually bare of improvement. For ten 
years he made his home upon his farm but still at- 
tended to his legal duties — keeping an otiice in 
town. 

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Senator for a torm of four years, his practical 
knowledfje of tlie life ami needs of liie agrioultur- 
isl, and his forensic sliill, aliivc tittini^ him for tlie 
position, and iiis constituents confidently expect 
their varii'd interests to be advanced tlirougli liis 
instrumentality. Mr. Forney is a member of the 
A. F. it A. M. and has served as Secretary of the 
lodge. He also belongs to the G. A. H. Post at 
Belle Plaine and for two years was its Comriiander. 

Ilis political adherence is given to the Republi- 
can party. lie and his wife are members of the 
Methodist Kpiscopal Church and endeavor to carry 
the principles of their faith into the details of their 
daily life. 

His marriage took place Jul}- 3, 1870, and the 
lady in whom he found the traits of mind and 
character which he thought most desirable in a life 
companion, was Miss .Sarah E. Ergenbriglit. She 
is a native of Clay County, Ind., and a daughter 
of William Krgenbright. The happy union has 
been blessed by the birth of six children — May, 
Nora, John, Lyda, James G., and Minnie, and the 
loving parents have been bereaved of the Inst 
named. 



OL. GEORGE BURTON, Postmaster of 
Argonia, is what may be termed "a gentle- 
/■' man to the manor born," possessed of more 
than ordinarj' inlelligence and that courteous bear- 
ing which wins for iiim friends wherever he goes. 
He conies of substantial Irish ancestry, and was 
l>orn March 7, 181!i, in the city of I)ul>lin, where 
he spent the first thirteen years of his life. Then, 
equipped with only a limited education, he started 
out in the world for himself, embarking .as cabin 
boy on an ocean vessel and from that time until 
1H42 his life was spent on the water — the sea and 
lakes. The next four years were occupied at vari- 
ous businesses and in 1846 he entrred the volunteer 
service of the L'nited Stales during the war with 
Mexico, being a memlier of Company G, Fourth 
Illinois Infantr)', unuer Col. Ed. Baker. Hi- served 
for one year and returned a Third Sergeant. He 
and cx-Oov. IJichard Oglesby, who was then a Ser- 
geant in Company K, frequently report<;d together. 




He served under Gen. Taylor until a part of the 
army was onlereil to join Gen. .Scott, and he par- 
ticijjated in the battles of \'era Cruz. Natural 
Bridge, Cerro Gordo and other minor eng.igements. 
Later he was under the command of (ien. Shields 
and under Division Commander, Gen. Twiggs. 

Upon retiring from the service Mr. Burton re- 
paired to Tazewell County, III., where he operated 
a sawmill until 181'J. Iking seized then with an 
attack of the California gold fever, he set out 
overland across the plains and worked in the mines 
until the fall of 1850. In returning home he went 
down the coast as far as Cape St. Luc.is, wliere the 
vessel "Louisa Boston" was sunk in the harbor of 
Mazatlan, and he ro<le a mule from tliere to Du- 
rango, and finally succeeded in reaching home 
safely after being chased in Mexico by the Apache 
Indians. He now resumed sawmilling and was en- 
gaged in the mercantile business for probably- two 
years. He in 1852, crossing the Mississippi, took 
up his abode in Decatur County, Iowa, where he 
openited as a general merchant three 3'ears and 
also engageil in farming. He became prominent 
in local affairs ami was County Auditor for three 
years until the outbreak of the Civil War. 

Watching the conflict which ensued with mors 
than ordinary interest. Col. liurton in June, 18G1. 
organized a military e(jmpany in Leon, Iowa, of 
wliich he was elected Captain and which was as- 
signed to the Fourth Iowa Infantry, under com- 
mand of Col. Dodge. He fought at the battle of 
Pea Ridge, skirmishing all through Arkans.ns. was 
in the light at Chickasaw Bayou, and then at 
Arkansas Post. Lookout -Mountain, Mission Ridge, 
Ringgold, Ga., and Woodville, Ala. On the 2d 
of May, 1862. he was commissioned Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel of the Fourth Iowa Infantry. At the 
battle of Pea Ridge he was wounded by a canis- 
ter shot through the left arm, and at Cherokee 
Station received a sabre cut in the left hand. He 
resigned his commission April 10, 1864, and return- 
ing to Iowa resumed the duties of a private citizen. 
Col. P>urtun became well-knov;n in the Hawkeye 
State and in 18()'J was elected Auditor of Decatur 
County, which ollicc he held three years. Later, 
for the same length of time lie engaged in the live- 
ftock business, purchasing cattle in Indian Ten!- 



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toiy. and selling themjin Iowa. In 187.5 he settled 
on a farm near Mayfield, this county, where he so- 
journed until 1883, coniino; that year to Argon ia 
and engasjing in the mercantile business. He also 
began speculating considerably. (_)n the 2d of 
April, 1888, he was ai)pointed to the office of 
Postmaster, the duties of which have since oc- 
cupied his time and attention until February 1. 
181)0. 

In" 1848, Col. Burton was united in marriage 
with Miss Jane Waring, who died in 1863. leaving 
no children. In 1865, the Colonel contracted a 
second marriage with Miss Martha S. Walton. Vlhis 
lady was born in Ohio and is the daughter of 
George and Martha Walton who spent their last 
daj's in Iowa. Of this union there were no chil- 
dren. Mrs. Burton was a very excellent lady and 
a member in good standing of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. The Colonel takes an interest 
in politics, voting' the straight Democratic ticket. 
He is Past Grand in the I. O. O. F., belongs to the 
Encampment, is a Knight of Pythias and a member 
of the Chapter in Masonry. 

The father of our subject was John Burton, a 
nativeof Dublin, Ireland, and a manufacturer of 
cotton cloth. The mother bore the maiden name 
of Martha Whitehead and she also was born in 
Dublin. They came to America in 1833, settling in 
Cleveland, Ohio, and about 1842, removed to 
Bloomington, III. There the mother died in 1835 
and the father in 1848. Only two of the five chil- 
dren born to them are living — G. B. and Eliza, 
now Mrs. Burnes, the latter being a resident of 
Leroy, McLean County. III. 



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\flOSEPII T. MrCLlER is the owner and 
occupant of an excellent farm in Ryan 
Township, and is one of the best» farmers in 
all the section roundabout. His industry 
has been unremitting, his energ}- unfailing, and all 
who know liim rejoice in the success which is 
crowning his efforts to secui'e a competence. He 
came to this locality in the spring of 1878, pre- 
empted a trad of raw land, and with but seventy- 



five cents in his pocket, began a struggle which 
only his love for his family, his self-respect, and 
his conscientious determination to do his best in 
the battle of life, made endurable. He was not 
able to bring his family here until late in the fall, 
after his own arrival, but he is now comfortably 
situated, with stock and all necessary farm tools 
and appliances, and freed from all but a slight in- 
cumbrance upon his properl3^ 

The father of our subject was born in Rock- 
bridge County, Va., near the Natural Bridge. lie 
was christened Samuel, and adopted the occupation 
of a farmer. He was married in Ohio in 1832, to 
Miss Hannah .Sharp, who died in 1849. after hav- 
ing borne eleven children, five of whom are living. 
After the death of his wife Samuel McCluer re- 
moved to Illinois, settling in Peoria County, where 
he died August 16,1859. 

The subject of this sketch was the eighth in 
order of birth in the ])arental family, and first 
opened his eyes to the light in Adams County, 
Ohio, January 29, 1841. He received a common- 
school education, partly in his native State and 
partl3' in Illinois, and at the early age of thirteen 
began life for himself. He worked in the coal 
mines in Peoria and Fulton Counties, 111., until his 
twenty -first year, when the breaking out of the 
Civil War aroused all the p,atriotic fervor and 
loyal devotion of his young heart, and he deter- 
mined to devote the opening years of his manhood 
to his country's cause. 

F^nlisting in Company C, Forty-seventh Illinois 
Infantr3', August 18, 1861, j'oung McCluer was sent 
with his comrades to St. Louis to acquire his first in- 
struction in arm^' discipline and tactics in the 
barracks there. Thence they went to Otterville, 
Mo., thence to Island No. 10, to Pittsburg Land- 
ing, Corinth, luka, thence back to Corinth, on to 
Vicksburg, next entering the Red River ex])edition 
under Gen. Banks, and subsequently going to 
IMobile, Ala. Mr. IMcCluer participated in all 
these battles except that of Pittsburg Lauding, 
where his command arrived the day after the con- 
test. He also took part in the battle of Nashville 
under Gen. Thomas. At Corinth he was struck on 
the left arm by a minie ball, but was not disabled, 
and at Ple.Tsant Hill, on the Red River, he had a 



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very iKirrow escape from deatii. beiiijj knocked 
(Unvii liy a ball which <;ra'.i'(l the hack of his neck. 
(le enlisted as a [)i'ivale, and was |)ix)nioted to the 
rank of Sergeant. At the cspiraticui of his term of 
enlislnienl, when at Black River 15rid;;e. .Miss., he 
re-enlisted and served until Fehriiary '-i^. ISCo. 

'I'Ik' short list of heavy engagements in which 
.Mr. McCluer took pari makes up a very small 
portion indeed of his army record, hut all who are 
familiar with the history of the --ii repressible eon- 
rtict," can readily fill in the detiiils of experience 
spreading over a period f>f nearly four years. 
Kspecially can those who have witnessed the life in 
camp, who know the drill which is necessary in 
preparing for active campaigns, and the watchful- 
ness and care that are ever requireil, appreciate the 
service rendered by those gallant men who, like 
our subject, were conscientious, brave anil pains- 
taking in every detail of a soldier's life. 

When mustered out of the service Mr. McC'luer 
returned to I'eoria County. III., spending the sum- 
mers ill farming and the winters in working in the 
mines for a few years. The farm which he pre- 
empted in this county comprises one hundred and 
sixty acres of land, all improved and one hundred 
and ten acres under the plow. He has put on all 
the improvements, raises all the stock the farm 
will support, and now has thirty head of cattle, 
thirty of hogs and six horses. During the season 
of 188'J he raised thirty-five huntlrcd bushels of corn 
on eighty-four acres,eleven hundred bushels of wheat 
on eighty acres, and eleven hundred bushels of oats 
on forty acres. With the grain he h.as raised and 
the sale of his soldier's claim in (iarlield Township, 
lie has paid off ^1.200 indebtedness, and is now 
feeling quite comtortable in regard to the claims 
upon him. The dwelling in which the family re- 
sides was built in 1885. 'I'he next j-ear be went 
to fJarfield County, where he remained two years, 
securing his soldier's homestead. 

In Illinois, August 16. i860, .Mr. .McCluer was 
united in marriage with Mrs. Margaret Obarr. iif- 
Hrailley. She is a daughter of Thomas I), and 
Mary A. (.loidan) Bradley, natives of Mississipi)i, 
who removed to Tennessee, where the father died 
in 18t;i. Mrs. Brailley renif)ved to Illinois two 
years later anti settled in Fulton County, whence 



she came to Kansas in I8«l. She is now living 
with our subject, and has reached the advanced age 
of seventy-five years. She is the mother of six 
cliildreii. the wife of our subject being the second 
in order of birth, and her natal djiy April 2, 1842. 
•Mrs. .McCluer was the recipient of a common- 
school education, is a lady of estimable character, 
and of many iloinestic virtues. She has borne her 
hnsliand six children, live of whom are now living, 
ii;iiium1 respeciively: Lucy A., George W., Samuel 
1).. and Oscar and Ernest (twins'). The eldest 
daughter is a member of the Christian Church 
and Sunday-school, the parents also being active in 
the .*sundav-school work, ami members of the 
Church of Christ at Mil.-in. 

Mr. McCluer is a member of the Southern 
branch of the Farmers' Alliance. He is Treasurer 
of School District No. 2.'5. and has been a member 
of the board since the district wjis organized. He 
has served as Road Overseer. He keeps himself 
postscl in political matters,; and now votes the 
I'nion Labor ticket: he wis previously a Green- 
backer. It is needless to state that he is highly 
esteemed by his fellow-citizens, among whom his 
character is above reproach. 



UILLIAM n. .M.\ 
is ]>rominent ai 
\5?^ Springdale Towi 



)ILL1AM V,. .M.VLABV. This gentleman 
among the leading men of 
■<pringtlale township as an advanced ad- 
vocate of the I'nion Labor movement, and one who 
keeps himself thoroughly posted upon the leading 
topics of the daj', advocating progressive measures 
in all things as far as is wise and |iriident. He h.as 
the honor of being one of the pioneer settlers of 
this county, becoming first a resident of Palestine 
Township. His native place was in Fayette County, 
I'a., and the date of his birth .Inly 23, 1848. He 
was the eldest of the twelve children of his parents, 
ten of whom are living, making their homes mostly 
in Kansas. 

George A. Malaliy, the father of our subject, 
was a native likewise of the Keystone .State, and 
occu|>ied himself as a farmer and bricklayer. He 
was mariied in early manhoo<l to Miss Ksther A. 



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Johnson, a. maiden of his own county, and they re- 
sided there until 1854. Then emigrating to La- 
Salle Country, 111., thej' lived there sixteen j-ears, 
and next removed to Marshall Count}'. After a 
three years' residence in the latter, tliey, in 1870, 
disposed of their property and transported them- 
selves and their household goods across the Missis- 
sippi to Kansas, settling in this county. The father 
departed tliis life at his home in Palestine Town- 
ship. August 1, 1878; the mother is still li\'ing at 
the old homestead, and is aged fift3-nine j'cars. 

The Malaby famil}' removed to Illinois when 
William B. was a little lad six years of age. He 
attended school for a few winters thereafter, and at 
the age of twenty years commenced farming on his 
own account. He came to Kansas in 1870, settling 
in tin's county on the 7th of August, when there 
was not a woman within its limits, and when tiie 
Osage Indians mostly owned and occupied the land. 
Herds of buffalo roamed over the prairie, and Mr. 
Malab}' spent d.ays at a lime without seeing the 
face of a human being. Settlers soon began com- 
ing in, however, and there was soon a growing 
community. But few are living in this count}- 
who came to this region at that time. Mr. Malaby 
located first on wiiat was known as the McCamon 
farm, and labored as best he could without capital, 
and with few conveniences or farm implements. 
Later he removed to the John Widick farm in Pal- 
estine Township. About 1872, he with the Dea- 
ver Bros., put up the first livery stable in Belle 
Plaine. which he operated one year. 

Mr. Malab}' was married in Februar}', 187.3, to 
Martha S., ste[>daughter of Joseph Daniels, of Pal- 
estine Township. Mrs. Malaliy was born ;May 2. 
1855, in Illinois, and b}' her union with our sub- 
ject, became the mother of three children: William 
L. F. was born March 20, 1875; Joseph E. A., Feb- 
ruary 22, 1877; and Ross E., July 13, 1870. Mrs. 
Martha Malaby died at her home in Palestine, July 
22, 1881. Our subject was married again July 17, 
1882, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Alfred and 
Susan Rice, who were natives of Gallatin County, 
111. Mrs. Rice died in 1880. Mr. Rice is still 
living in Illinois. Mrs. Margaret ^lalab}- was bom 
December 15, 1860. in Gallatin County, 111., where 
she w.as reared and attended the common school. 



This union resulted in the birth of four children: 
Clarence I., born May 13. 1880; Myra Helena. 
March 31, 1886; Norah Esther, January 4, 1888, 
and Howard Raymond. August 5, 1889. The pre- 
sent wife of our subject is a member in good stand- 
ing of the Presbyterian Church. 

Mr. Malaby is President of the Farmers' Alli- 
ance, Springdale Lodge. No. 656, and has been a 
member of the school board of his district for the 
past five years. He has just completed his .second 
term as Township Trustee. He takes an active in- 
terest in politics, and until about three years ago, 
was a stanch supporter of the Republican part}-. 
His sympathies are now with the Union Labor 
movement, of which ho is a leader in this locality. 
His farm era br.aces three hundred and twenty acres 
of good land, the greater part of which is under 
a good state of cultivation. L'pon taking posses- 
sion of this in 1877, pre-empting it from the Gov- 
ernment, it presented an appearance widely differ- 
ent from that of the present, having upon it no 
improvements whatever, lying as the Indians had 
left it. Mr. Malaby put up his present residence 
in 1882. He is quite extensively interested in the 
breeding of live-stock, cattle, horses, sheep, and 
swine. He has planted large numbers of fruit 
trees, having two orchards, including four hundred 
apple trees, one hundred cherry trees, and fifty of 
peach. As a pioneer settler of this region, he is 
regarded with more than ordinary interest, and as 
one who has made for himself a good record, he is 
eminently worthy of representation in a work de- 
signed to perpetuate the names and deeds of the 
early settlers of Sumner County. 



w 



..llAAA'Sl A. McLAIN, one of the progres- 
sive farmers of Jackson Township, was 



W^ born in Hillsboro Township, Montgomery 
County. 111., October 20. 1845. His father, Addi- 
son McLain, was a native of Greensborough, X. C, 
where he was reared and married. In 1835 he left 
his native State to find his home iu the then far 
Northwest. He journeyed with teams across the 
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Kciituck}' nnd entered tlie Slate of Imlijuin. n li< re lio 
remniiu'd one yo'ir. At the expirnlicni iif that lime 
he :ig:iiii started Westwanl. aii'l re;ulied Illinois, 
where, being pleased with the country, he located 
in Montjjomery Co'inly of wliicli lie was one of 
the first settlers, lie l)oui;lit a tract of land whicii 
w.HS covered with liiuher and hail a lii<j; house upon 
it. the one in which our siiliject was horn. The I'e- 
{•ion in which he fi.\ed his abiding- i)lacc was 
sparsely settled at that time and deer and other 
wild iiame abounded. St. Louis, sixty-five miles 
distant, was their nearest market and they were 
obliged to draw their grain and pork there and back 
with teams. 

Adi'ison McLain innnoved his place and made 
it into a line productive farm whicli yielded him a 
good income in the latter years of his life, and 
which was his residence until his death, whicli oc- 
curred in 1«7;5. The maiden name of the mother 
of our sul)jcct was Catherine Lewy. Siie is a na- 
tive of North Carolina and now resides in the 
homestead in llillsboro. Ill, Mr. and Mrs. A. .Mc- 
Lain were the parents of eight children of whom 
two are deceased. 

The subject of this notice was reared and edu- 
cated in bis native county and w.vh- that his home 
until I.ss;i. In 1H7(J be visited Tcxa.s and bought 
land in Hunt and Kaufman Counties but did not set- 
tie there. He returned to Illinois and in 1878 
made a trip to .Sumner County. Kan., traveling by 
rail as far as Ilntchison, then finishing the journey 
in a wagon. The nearest railroad point at that 
time was at Wichita and the country was but spar- 
ingly Settled in that portion of the .State. When 
Mr. McLain examined Sumner County's advan 
tages, present an<l prospective, he was so (ileased 
with the outlook that he bought the southwest 
quarter of section 10, Jackson Township. Follow- 
ing his purchase of lanil in Sumner County, our 
subject returned to Illinois where he continued to 
reside until 1883. In that year he removed to 
Kansas and located on tin' Inml which he had pre- 
viously purchased. 

As soon as possible after the arrival of Mr. Mc- 
Lain in his new home he erected good, substantial 
frame buildings, enclosed his farm with a strong 
fence, planted fruit and shade trees and in every 



respect brought it up Id a liij^h standard of excel- 
lence. June ;$(). 1887. our subject and Miss Olive 
Kinefrock were united in the holy bonds of matri- 
mony and began housekeeping on the farm which 
w.as then in a high state of development and pro- 
ductiveness. Mrs. McLain is a native of Ohio. 
She is a member of the Presbyterian Clinrcli at 
Home, and a refined, cultivated, Chri-tian lady, 
whom it is a pleasure to know. Mr. .McLain is a 
Re|)ublican in [lolitics and takes a moderate share 
in the active work of his party. They are the pa- 
rents of one child, named — Charles Sumner. 



JfOSlHA WHKillT isawcll-kn 
I' in Belle I'laine, and was, for al 
I, years, a n.embcr of the agricul 
_J' Belle PJaine Township. He 



OSIHA WHKillT is a well-known dweller 

• about thirteen 
Itura! class of 
e spent some 
time in serving his country during the trying 
days of the War of the Rebellion, was elected 
Captain on the organization of the company, and 
has since that time been known by that title. He 
has acquired a sutlicient amount of this world's 
gooils to allow him to give u[) active work and 
to enjoy the repose that seems so fitting after a 
life of industry and well-doing. He and his es- 
timable wife are regarded with confidence and 
esteem by all who know them. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
born in England, but having become a citizen of 
the Colonies prior to the '{evolutionary War, en- 
tered the Colonial army and met his death at the 
hands of the British. His son. .loiiatlmn. was born 
in Virginia, was bound out when a child, taken 
to Kentucky, and there grew to manhood, lie 
married Miss Sarah Read, and became the father 
of twelve children, of whom three only beside our 
subject are now living. Mrs. Parraelia Tiirley lives 
in Orange County. Iiid.,and Aaron and Kmmctt in 
Lawrence County, of the same State. The parents 
had removed to that State in 1802. taking their 
place among the pioneers of Orange County, where 
they endured the privations and hardships incident 
to such life, rearing their family among the frontier 
surroundings and bestowing u|«iii ihein such ad- 



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vantages as the circumstances would admit. Ttie 
father died November 17. 1838, and the mother did 
not long survive, her death taking- place August 4, 
1840. 

In the State and county in which his parents so 
long resided, Capt. Wright was born, December 
20, 1822, spending his boyhood amid the scenes 
of the frontier, where a sturdiness of character is 
developed and habits of observation learned that 
take the place of extended schooling. Even be- 
fore the death of his parents, he was obliged to 
begin labor for his own support, at the age of 
sixteen going out to work h}- the month or day. 
On April 8, 1842, he was united in marriage with 
Miss Parraelia Hall also a native of Orange County, 
Ind., who has borne her share in the burdens of 
life by her husband's side since the da}' of their 
union, and has faithfully endeavored to fill her 
place as a wife and mother. She is becoming ad- 
vanced in years, having been born .September 27, 
1823. 

The parents of Mrs. Wright were William and 
Sophia (Dabney) Hall, who, like her husband's 
parents, were early settlers in the county in which 
she was born. Her father was a native of Ken- 
tucky and of English descent. The household 
band comprised twelve children, of whom the fol- 
lowing now survive: Mrs. Nancy .Stewart, of Iowa; 
Mrs. Polly Fender, of Kansas; Mrs. Wright; and 
Marintha, wife of George Moore, of Lawrence 
County, Ind. 

In the spring of 1849 Capt. Wright, with his 
wife and two children, removed to Jefferson 
County, Iowa, where he resided for over a quarter 
of a century, and whence, in 187G, he came to 
Kansas. He located on a farm near Belle Plaine, 
in this county, and remained there until Febru- 
ary, 1889, when he became a citizen of the village. 
His farm comprised 160 acres of well-improved 
land, which he sold some time since. The enlist- 
ment of Capt. Wright took place in July, 1862, 
as a member of the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, and 
he was elected Captain of Company D. The com- 
mand became a part of the Army of the South- 
west, and participated in numerous skiimlshes and 
various engagements. During the battle of Prai- 
rie Grove the Captain received a wound in the 



right arm. and still carries a musket ball embedded 
in that member as a ti'opliy from the battle-field. 
He now receives a pension of $20 per month on 
account of his injurj'. During the same engage- 
ment he received two other slighter wounds. In 
Jul}', 1863, he was discharged and returned to his 
home to again take up the life of a civilian. He 
was connected with the home militia in Iowa after 
his return from the seat of war. 

To Capt. and Mrs. Wright eight children have 
been born, of whom Sarah .!., Eliza M. and Mary 
E. have been removed from them by death. Ma- 
tilda is the wife of Henry Kline, of this county; 
Rhoda E., the widow of David Snider, also lives 
in this county; George W. makes his home in Iowa; 
Millard is mining in Colorado; and William oper- 
ates a farm in Belle Plaine Township, this county. 
The parents of this family have been identified 
with the Christian Church and are active members 
of society. Capt. Wright belongs to the Grand 
Army of the Republic, and gives his political ad- 
herence to the Republican party. He has served 
as Justice of the Peace here for nearly six years. 



^^EOKGE W. hen: 
II ^— , man represents a 
^^^J and influence, anc 



^^EOKGE W. HENDERSON. This gentle- 
a large amount of wealth 
id is considered one of the 
most stirring and useful citizens of Morris Town- 
ship. He has built up one of its most valuable 
farms and has been no unimportant factor in the 
growth and development of this region, having 
by his very example promoted, to a large extent, 
its material Interests. He occupies a substantial 
modern dwelling, and has all the other necessary 
farm buildings, together with modern machinery 
and the appliances requisite for the successful 
prosecution of agriculture. Among the other good 
things which have fallen to his lot in life is the 
possession of an intelligent and helpful wife, who 
not only manages her household affairs in a most 
praiseworthy manner, but is at the same time the 
ctticient helpmate of her husband in many of his 
business enterprises, being a safe counselor at all 
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inent of a model home, tliej- nre most happily 
situated in their domestic relations. There have 
been born to them two children only — Marshall 
E., April 1, 1875, and Rose Myrtle, July 23. 1877. 
The son and daughter arc being given a good 
education, including instruction in music, in which 
art they are quite proficient. 

Mr. Henderson has made his permanent loca- 
tion many miles from his birthplace, which was in 
Sussex Count)', N. J., and the date thereof July 
12, 1820. lie was the eldest in a family' of seven 
children, four of whom are living, the other three 
being located in Kansas and Iowa. The father, 
Eleazer. was an iron manufacturer, and like his 
wife, who iu her girlhood was Mar^- C.istimore, 
W.1S a n.ative of New Jersej'. This branch of the 
Henderson family is of Irish and French descent, 
while the mother traced her forefathers to England 
and Germany. 

The parents of our subject were reared and 
warricd in New Jersey, residing tliere until IK,'!'.!. 
That year they removed to Pennsylvania, where 
vlii'v lived until 1857. Still looking Westward, 
they next removed across the ^lississippi to Pay- 
ette County. Iowa, where the iron manufacturer 
changed his occupation to that of a farmer. The 
wife and mother dejiarted this life at the home- 
stead, in P.avette County, in 187ti, at the age of 
seventy-four years. The father subsequently took 
up his abode with his son, George W.. anil died at 
liis house. April 5, 1882. aged seventy five years, 
four monllis and fifteen days. 

.\fter emerging from the common school, Mr. 
Henderson, in 1877, took a thorough course in 
the business college at St. Joseph, Mo. lie left the 
parental roof when a youth of seventeen years, 
commencing an apprenticeship at wagon-making 
and wheelwrighting, at whicli in' was employed 
continuously thereafter for a period of twenty 
j'ears. He completed his appreuliccship in Penn- 
sylvania, and during the years mentioned resided 
in that State and Illinois. In the spring of 1 856 
he preceiled his family to Iowa, .settling iu Fayette 
County, where he followed his trade and purchased 
a farm, upon whicli he resided until 18.');t. He then 
reerossed the Father of Waters. an<l took u|> his 
abode in Centrali.i. 111., win le lie ?<>journed until 



the fall of 1H5(). In tiie meantime he spent one 
year in the (Quartermaster's I)e|)artment at Nash- 
ville and Chattanooga, Tenn., employed in putting 
up hospitals and warehouses. 

In the fall of 1865 Mr. Henderson came to Kan- 
sas, and settling in Doniphan County, engaged in 
farming. He lived there until 1881, and his next 
removal was to this county, where he secured pos- 
session of the land which he now owns and occu- 
pies. When a little over twenty-one years old he 
was married. January 28, 1851, in Pennsylvania, 
to Miss Hannah M. Venrick. The two children 
born of this union are sons — William, a resident 
of Trinidad, Col.; and Alexander, employed in the 
freight flepot of the Missouri Pacific Railroad at 
Leavenworth. Mrs. Hannah M. Henderson de- 
parted this life at her home in Iowa, May 2, 1857. 
The second marriage of Mr. Henderson occurred 
August 1, 1861, with Miss Mary Beaver, and she 
also became the mother of two children — George 
L., a resident of this county; and Ella, the wife 
of Edward Brooks, of New .Mexico. Mrs. Mary 
Henderson died October 23, 1873. 

The present wife of our subject, to whom he 
was married, at Pana, April 22, 1874, was in her 
girlhood .Miss Ilattie L. Yeager. Her parents were 
Jloses and Margaret (Campbell) Yeager, natives 
of Pennsylvania, aii'l the father engaged in farm- 
ing pursuits. They removed with their respective 
parents to Ohio, where they were married, and 
whence they emigrated to Indiana, probably fifty 
years ago. After a sojourn there of twenty years, 
they went over into Illinois, and then, in 1884, carae 
to this State, settling in Argonia. Mr. Yeager 
died February 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-four 
jears. His widow is still living, and is .iged sev- 
enty-six. Four of their six children are living. 
Mis. Henderson w.as the second, and was born 
March II. 1811, in Rush County, Ind. As a child, 
she was a bright beyond her years, made good use 
of her lime in school, fitting herself for a teacher, 
and followed this |)rofession for a period of seven- 
teen 3 ears in Indiana and Illinois. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are devoted members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they 
have been active workers, especially in the .Sun- 
day-school, .Mr. Henderson odieiating as Superin- 



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tendent and teaelier of the Bible Class, and in the 
chnrch proper lie has held the offices of Class- 
Leader and Steward. He is rather conservative in 
politics and strongly in favor of proliibition. He 
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but is now 
rather independent, aiming to siipr>ort the men 
whom he considers will best serve the interests of 
the people. For seven 3'ears he has been Treas- 
urer of his school district. He was elected a Trus- 
tee of Morris Townsiiip, but resigned. He served 
at one time as Justice of the Peace in Morris Town- 
ship. He belongs to the Grange, the Farmers' Al- 
liance and the A. II. T. A. 

Mr. Henderson's farm embraces three hundred 
and twenty acres of choice land, which is devoted 
to the raising of grain and stock, he making a 
specialty of cattle, horses and swine. The present 
residence was put np in 1881. It is handsomely 
finished and furnished, and is considered one of the 
best structures of its kind in Morris Tow'nship. 
Mr. Henderson is one of those men whose name 
will be held in remembrance long after he has been 
gathered to his fathers. 



« ftYATT B. GOAD. Postmaster at Mayfield, 
\/\//' '* *^'^ English extraction, and a native of 
W^ Tennessee, born in Smith County, Ma3' 3, 
184.5. His early boyhood was passed in his native 
.'^tate, and in 18o7 he accompanied his parents to 
Kent\icky, continuing his education in the com- 
mon schools there, and growing to early manhood 
fin the farm wdiich his father owned and operated. 
He had been taught to love his country, and the 
spirit of loyalty which was implanted within his 
breast led him to desire to assist in the preserva- 
tion of llie I'nion, and he therefore, in the spring 
of 1862. although but seventeen j^ears of age, en- 
listed at Glasgow, Ky., was enrolled in Company 
C, Thirty-seventh Kentucky Infantr}-, and served 
twenty' -two months; he then re-enlisted in the 
Fifty-fifth Regiment, Company E, Infantry, until 
May 24, 1805. when he was honorably discharged 
at Covington. Although he was not called upon 
to take part in any of the most famous battles of 



the war, he bore his i)art bravely in the battles of 
Mt. .Sterling, Cynthiana. and King Salt Works in 
Virginia, a few minor engagements, in the routine 
duties of camp life, and m various marches. 

Wiien mustered out of the service, young Goad 
returned to Kentucky, and remained in that State 
until 1882, when he came to Wellington, Kan., and 
for two years followed his trade as a carpenter in 
this vicinity. He then moved on to a farm, and 
for about three j'ears carried on the pursuit of 
agriculture. Having received the appointment of 
Postmaster, he took possession of the office, Sep- 
tember 20, 1887. Mr. Goad is a Republican, never 
failing to exercise his right to the elective fran- 
chise in behalf of what he considers most conducive 
to the welfare of the country. He is an honorable 
and upright man, and throughout his entire life has 
exhibited a spirit of [irudence and industry, and a 
cordial, friendlj- nriture in his dealings with man- 
kind. 

In November, 18CG, Mr. Goad was united in 
marriage with Miss Harriet K. Bullock, who was 
born October 2. 1834. and who died May 23. 1880. 
Mr. Goad subsequently became the husband of 
Mrs. Nannie Owens, widow of James T. Owens, the 
rites of wedlock being celebrated between them 
September 28, 1880. Mrs. Goad is a daughter of 
Thomas and Emily (William) Franklin, natives of 
\'iiginia. and was born March 28, 1852. Her 
mother died in Warren County, Ky., at the age of 
fifty-five years, and her father is still living there. 
She has borne her husband one child, Thomas H.. 
whose natal day was Februarj- 4, 1883. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject w-as 
Joshua A. Goad, who was born in Virginia about 
the year 1770, and who died at Carth.age, Teun., at 
the advanced age of eighty-five years. His son, 
Henry, was born in Colfax County. Va., October 9, 
1800, and was six j-ears old when the familv re- 
moved to Tennessee. In 1857 he became a resi- 
dent of Kentucky, where his death occurred April 
20, 1885. He was a Republican in politics, and a 
member in good standing of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church. 

The wife of Henry Goad, and the mother of our 
subject, bore the maiden name of Martha Duke, 
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28, 1H06, and is still living in Monroe County. Ky. 
Ilor p.arenls, MoKauire and Annie; (Brooks)! Duko. 
were nalivesj\)^ ^ ''»'"''•• an(l_ her ,fallit'r was a 
planler'and slave trader. Mr. and Mis. Dnke died 
in .lackson County. Tcnn. The family Df Mr. 
and Mrs. Ilonrv (Joad foinpriscd ciglit. children — 
Marlhii. Harvey, Sallie A., llenry^ C, Matliew, 
Mary. AN'yatt and Katlicrine. Throe of this family 
are] dceea!^cd, .Martha having;: died at the aj^c 'of 
three years, Malhew in infancy', and Henry at the 
at;e of tiiirty-five. The latter was a Union soldier 
duriiiij the Civil War. 



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'OHN L. MK.-M\S. If a man's fharacler may 
lie delermint'd by his surroundinirs. that of 
.Mr. Mears and his no less capable and 
worthy wife, possesses all the elements of 
ihrift. industry and good citizenship. We (ind 
liiem in the midst of pleasant surroundings, the 
occupants (jf a well-developed farm on section H. 
Dixon Township, having a substantial dwelling 
with convenient outbuildings, fruit and shade trees 
and the land under a good state of cultivation. 
The family occupies a good position in the com- 
niunily, and the fact that they are well spoken of 
by their neighbors is sufiieient indication of the 
sterling worth of ehar.icter which has had its in- 
fluence upon those with whom they have become 
associated. 

A native of Muskingum County, Ohio, Mr. 
Mears was born May 29, 1837, being the eleventh 
child of the Rev. William and Elizabeth (Latham) 
Mears, whf) were natives of the city of I.on<l<jn, 
England. The father for a period of forty years 
olliciated as a minister of the Baptist Chui-ch. 
Upon coming to America, in 183(1, he located in 
Zancsvillo. Ohio, being among its earliest settlers 
and teaching the first school estalilished there. He 
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land north 
of the town site and after a residence of three years 
in the town removed to his farm, where he built 
up a permanent homestead and where his death took 
place in IxCll. The mother survived her husband 
for a [(eriod of lifteen years, dying in Oliio in IH8-1. 



They were the parents of thirteen children, eight 
of whom grew to mature years. .Six are now. liv- 
ing, making their homes in Ohio. K.aiis.is .iii.l N.'- 
braska. 

Young .Mears lived at the farm with his parents 
until a youth of nineteen years, learning the arts 
of sowing and reaping and choosing agriculture for 
his life vocation. In tlie fall of 18,5(5, starting out 
for himself he sought the Great West and settled 
on a Ir.act of new hud in Tama County, Iowa. He 
was one of the earliest pioneers of that region and 
not realizing his hopes of making a fortune, re- 
turned, after about two years, to his old home in 
Ohio. Sujourning there until 1877 he again turned 
his steps Westward, coming to this .Slate and set- 
tling on a tract of raw land, from which he has 
since constructed his present farm. He commenced 
at first principles in il« development and has him- 
self eflfecled all the improvements upon it. He put 
up a new residence in 188K, and has one hundre<l 
and thirty acres under the plow.Z.He makesaspec- 
ialtj' of swine. 

Miss JIary, daughter of Abraham C. and Mary 
( Wallwork ) Komine, was wedded to .John L. 
Mears. October 10, 1860, in Ohio. Mrs. Mears was 
born September 3. 1838. near Zanesville, Ohio. 
Her falher>vas a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a 
|ilasterer by trade, which he followed the greater 
part of his life and died in Ohio in 188!l. The 
mother wjls born in the city of London, England, 
anil came with her parents to America when quite 
young. She passed aw.aj- prior to the decease of 
her husband, her iler.th occurring in 1881 in Ohio. 
Of the three children burn to them only two are 
living, the one bcsiiles .Mrs. Mears being Mrs. 
Black, a resident of Ohio. 

.Six children have been born to Sir. Mears and 
his c-itim.able wife, the eldest of whom, Mary Louisa, 
is the wife of .lames .Mack, and t!ie mother of two 
children: .lames Baxter married Miss Vesta Tliur- 
low. and is a resident of Mil.in. Kan.; Alice is the 
wife of Thomas Loopor. a resident of Belle IMainc, 
tliis .State; Laura married .1. M. Bunker, is the 
mother of one chihl, and lives in Ryan Township; 
J. Welcome an'l Ellen Blanche remain at home 
with their parents. 

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Church of God. Mr. Mears was formerly a Class- 
Leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church and is 
identified with the ]\Iasonic fraternity, in which he 
has held the ofBce of Junior Deacon. For a period 
of eight years he has served on the school board of 
his district and he has also officiated as Road Over- 
seer. Ilis political sympathies are with the Union 
Labor part}-. 

In 1863, during the progress of the Civil War, 
Mr. Mears enlisted in Company E, One Hundred 
and Fifty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was promoted 
to Corporal in the one-hundred days' service. His 
duties lay around Camp Bradford in Maryland. 
After serving his first term he re-enlisted in Com- 
pany B, One hundred and Eighty-ninth Battalion. 
Ohio Infantry, and was stationed at Camp Chase, 
being held as a reserve, and as it was near tiie close 
of tlie war was not required in the active service. 

_^|' LFRED LASIH>EY is the owner and occu- 
l(ffi/ly( pant of a valuable farm on section 33, Ox- 
Is ford Township, where he is engaged in 
^J general farming. He came to this county 

in January. 1880, and the following August pur- 
chased one hundred and si.^ty acres, which he soon 
afterward began improving, putting upon it such 
outbuildings as are usuall3' erected by an enterpris- 
ing farmer, and substantial fences, and cultivating 
it tiioroughly. He has also set out shade trees, a 
wind-break, and an orchard which is considered as 
fine as any to be seen in this vicinity. The estate 
is ably conducted, and the fortunate owner is a 
tine representative of the class to which he belongs. 
John Lashley, the grandfather of our subject, 
was a native of New Jersej', his wife's maiden name 
was Grace Bortons, and moved to Ohio, when it was 
a new country, and in Warren County, June 8, 
1829, a son was born to him. That son, David 
Lashley, grew to maturity in his native State, mar- 
ried, settled on a farm, and is still living in his na- 
tive county. His wife bore the maiden name of 
Sarah Slack, and she was born in the same county 
as himself, her natal day being Jul^' 2, 1826. Her 
parents. Job and Rebecca (Searle) Slack, were early 



settlers in the Buckeye State, to which they came 
from Pennsylvania, and the father was a mechanic. 
To David and Sarah Lashley, seven children were 
born: Rebecca A., our subject, Sylvester S., Will- 
iam II., Florence E., and Robert B.. still survive; 
Marshall E. is deceased. 

The subject of this biography is a native of War- 
ren County, Ohio, where his ej-es first opened to the 
light November 26, 1857. He received a good 
education in the common schools of his native 
county, and com[)leted his studies at Waynesville, 
and at the age of twenty-two years, left liis home 
to become a resident of Kansas. He is not only 
succeeding in his agriculturrd work, but is winning 
the respect of all with wiiom he comes in contact, 
by his honoraiile dealing, his intelligence, friendli- 
ness, and excellent moral principles. He has al- 
ready a good financial standing, and bids fair to 
become one of tlie wealthy men of the township ere 
middle age. He is a member of the Farmers' Alli- 
ance, and casts his vote with the Republican party. 
He belongs to the United Brethren Churcli. 

Sylvester Lashley, brother of our subject, was 
also boin in Wairen County, Ohio, and there grew 
to inaturitj'. His natal day was November 23, 
18.59, and after finishing his education, and remain- 
ing with his parents until twent^'-two years old, he 
came to this county in February, 1882, and has 
since spent the most of his time here. He, how- 
ever, took up a claim in Grant County, on which 
he resided, and which he proved up on. 




=^EORGE S. HILL, manager of the liusiness 
of the Rock Island Lumber Company, at 
Caldwell, is comparatively a young man 
starting out with the promise of making for him- 
self an excellent record. He was born in East Sul- 
livan, Me.. June 1."), 18.")9, and istheson of Thomas 
II, and Pruda (Simpson) Hill, who were likewise 
natives of the Pine Tree State, and born in the 
same place as their son. Thomas B. Hill followed 
the seas the greater part of his life, but is now lo- 
cated at East Sullivan, Me., where they are peace- 
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horn to llifin five cliililreii. iiaiiu'ly: Khvood W., . 
George S., II. Kniest. Artluir T.. ami Ilcldi C, all 
of whom are livini;'. making their homes |>rinei|)ally 
in Maine. Kansas and Novia Seolia. i 

The snhjeet of tiiis notice, the second cliild of 
his parents, removed with them when ((uite yonng, 
to East Sullivan, in his native State, where lie at- i 
tended the common scliool. After becoming sulli- 
ciently advanced in his studies, he entered Kast 
Maine Conference Seminary, at IJucksport. where 
lie completed his studies. lie commenced his busi- 
ness career as clerk in a store of general merchan- 
dise at Bucksport, Me., in 1883. That year he j 
sought the Far West, and in September took up his 
abode in C:\idrtell, and engaged in tlio lumber 
business, in which he has since been interested. | 
He lias improved his opportunities for information 
in this line of trade, and is thoroughly |)osted as to 
its details. Although meddling very little with ' 
politics, he gives his sn])port to the Republican \ 
party, and occupies a good position among the I 
Knights of Pythias. 

After becoming a resident of Caldwell. .Mr. Hill 
formed the acquaintance of .Miss I2mma G. Cragin. 
to whom he was wedded March II, 1886. Mrs. i 
Uill w.-js born in Groton, Mass.. .luly 31. 18(;4. and ' 
is the daughter of Rodney and .Jennie ((iill) Cra. 
gin. who were^natives of Groton. Mass.. and are 
now in Caldwell. Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Hill occupy 
a 'neat home^in the central part of the city, also a | 
good position, socially, among its people. j 



/^ALVIN U. Ml .VLLl.STKR. Although by 
.'if^^ no means an old man, this gentleman is one 
^^/J of the old settlers of the county, to which 
he came in the spring of 1 870, opening a bachelor's 
hall in Uelle Plaino Township, assisting in the de- 
velopment of the agricultural resources of this 
section, and seeing the country around him grow 
to a well-cnllivated. well-settled and prosperous 
region, 'i he characteristics which make of the 
'•canny .Scot" so reliable a citizen, so stanch a 
friend, and so brave a soldier when called to bat 
tie, have been manifested in the career of the gen- 



tleman above-named, who friiiii both lines of 
descent derives these traits, and that pride in the 
family name wiiich is also a leading trait in the 
Scotch character. 

.lames .Mud Nancy (Andrew) McAllister were na- 
tives of Franklin County, I'a.. and the parents of 
eleven ciiildren, of whom our subject is the tenlli 
in order of birth. Of this family all the survivors 
except our subject are living in I'eniisylvani!i — 
Margaret and John make their home in Adams 
County; Alexander is deceased; Mary, Agnes and 
Samuel live in Adams County; Sarah is the wife of 
John Young, of York County-: Martha and Theo- 
dore live in Adams County, and Robert is de- 
ceased. The father of this famil3- died about the 
year 1870. and the mother survived him about 
four years. The parental home was within one 
anrl a half miles of the town of Gettysburg, and 
the McAllister estate formed a part of the historic 
anil memoralile battlefield. 

The subject of this biography- was born Septem- 
ber 15. 1814, w!is reared to manhood on a farm in 
Adams County, I'a.. and received his education in 
the common schoi Is. He w.as still in his teens at 
the outbreak of the Civil War. but with the pat- 
riotism and enthusiasm manifested b}- so many of 
the youth of the laud, he entered the I'nion army 
in December, 18G3, as a member of Company B, 
Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. The band to 
which he belonged became a part of the Second 
Brigade, Second Division of the Army of the 
Potomac, under the command of (Jen. Crook, since 
90 widely known iis a successful Indian fighter. 
Mr. McAllister participated in the fight at Din- 
widdle Court-IIouse, at Karmerville, Sailor's 
Creek, in the eng.agemcnt prior to the surrender of 
Lee at Appomr.ttox Court-House, and in numerous 
affrays of minor importance, his conduct in every 
position doing honor to the family name. 

After receiving an honorable discharge, in June. 
186j, Mr, McAllister returned to hi? native county 
and State, whence in the spring of 1868 he emi- 
grated to Kansas. For some two years he re- 
mained near Junction City, and then coming to 
this county, pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
acres of land on Cow .Skin Creek, Belle Plaine 
Township. There he live<l about two years, at the 



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expiration of which time he bought tlie quarter- 
section, upon which he now lives, i)aying 5;2,200 
for it. About sixty acres of l)reaking had been 
done- ui)on it. and a siiant>- of Cottonwood boards, 
ten b^^ twelve feet, bad been constructed. This 
'•shack," to use the Western term, was the baclielor 
home of JMr. McAllister until a better structure 
could be put up and take its place. 

For a luimber of years Mr. McAllister practiced 
the self-denials and endured the discomforts of 
life in a li.achelor's hall, which, although sufticiently 
jolly at times, is scarcely the itleal of home life, 
and he then, on Jauuar.y 1st, 1884, took to himself 
a wife in the person of Miss Emma North. His 
bride was born in Ohio, and is a daughter of \\^es- 
ley and Amelia (Moore) North, who settled in this 
county about the j-ear 1872, and a sketch of whom 
appears on another page of this work. By dint of 
energy and hard work Mr. McAllister had brought 
his land to a fine state prior to his marriage, and 
is able to provide his loved companion and bright 
family with all the comforts of life, and he receives 
an am[)le return in the neatness, order and added 
cheerfulness to be found under his roof. Three 
children have come to bless the home — Ray, born 
October 10, 1884; and Nellie and Noma (twin 
girls) November 16, 1886. 

Mr. McAllister has served as Clerk of Belle 
Plaine Township three terms. He belongs to the 
Grand Army of the Republic Post, at Belle Plaine, 
is a Republican in his political opinions and ballots, 
and both he and his wife are members in good 
standing in the Presbyterian Church. 



^ ONATHAN H. DAVIS, a Sumner County 
I pioneer of 1873 and one of the Trustees of 
Jackson Township, is a citizen deserving of 
more than a passing notice. He was boi'n 
near Greenville, Bond County, III., October 19, 
1840, and is the son of Jlatthew Davis, a native of 
Trigg Count}", Ky. The paternal grandfather, the 
Rev. Jonathan Davis, a preacher of the Ironclad 
Baptist persuasion, was born and reared in A'irginia. 
Jonatlian Davis when a young man left his na 



tive soil and removing to Kentucky, established 
himself among the earliest pioneers of Trigg 
County. He remained there until about IH 15. then 
emigrated to wliat was then the Territory of Illi- 
nois, locating in what is now Bond County. There, 
likewise, he was one of the first settlers. The re- 
moval from the Blue Grass State was made with 
teams, and a portion of the way had to be cut 
through the wilderness in order for the travelers 
to reach their destintaion. The earthly plans and 
expectations of Grandfather Davis and his family 
were cut short in one brief year by his death. The 
widow anil her seven children soon afterward re- 
turned to Kentucky and resided in Trigg and 
Christian Counties. Matthew, the father of our 
subject, sojourned in that region until 1838, then 
returned to Illinois accompanied by his mother and 
two brothers. This time tiie}' located about the 
center of Bond Countj', where Matthew purchased 
a tract of wild land, part prairie and part timber, 
and built a log house. In the meantime he was 
married and in that humble dwelling the subject 
of this sketch was born. 

Matthew Davis was a resident of Bond Couniy, 
111., until October, 1843. when he sold out and 
removed to Montgomery County. There he pur- 
chased a partially-improved farm near the town of 
Donelson. Of this twenty acres had been cleared 
and a set of log buildings had been erected. Deer 
and other wild animals were plentiful. It was be- 
fore the days of railroads and St. Louis, sixty miles 
distant, was the nearest market. Stoves were un- 
known and the mother performed her cooking by 
the fireplace. She also spun and wove wool and 
flax and clad her children in cloth made bj- her own 
hands. The father was in ill health for some years 
and the children were trained to habits of industry 
at an early age. Matthew Davis departed this life 
at the old homestead in Montgomery Count}-, III., 
in 1858. He was married in Illinois to Miss Sarah 
Bentley, a native of Giles County, Tenn. Grand- 
father Richard Bentley was a native of Virginia, 
whence he removed to Tennessee and from there 
to Bond County, 111., during its earliest settlement. 
He tiiere spent the closing years of his life, dying 
in 1873, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. The 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 



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The inollicr of Mr. Davis came to this couuty in 
1873 and died at liis lionie in .lackson Tnwiisliip in 
August, 1S8<). Of her cliililien. seven in number, 
the eldest, Margaret C. A., became the wife of 
David D. Moss, now deceased. .lonatiian II. was 
tiie second born; Xnncy. ''larissa K.. Richard B. 
and James H. are residents of Jackson Township; 
Sarah Iv married K. JI. Desart and lives in South 
Haven Tuwnshii). Jonathan II. was reared toman's 
estate in Montgomery County-, 111., where he at- 
tended the pioneer schools conducte<l on the sub- 
scription i»lan. The teni[)lc of learning was a log 
house with slab benches and a fireplace extending 
nearly across one end. The chimney was made 
outside of earth and sticks and the system of in- 
struction corresponded very well with the sur- 
roundings of tlie pui)ils. Tonng Davis being the 
eldest son he. after the death of his father necces- 
sariiy .issumed much of the care of the famil}' and 
he remained with his mother, superintending the 
farm until a man of twenty-seven 3'ears. lie made 
his home there until coming to Kansas in 1873, and 
after retiring from the management of the farm 
occupied himself as a carpenter. 

The journey to the Sunllower State was made by 
Mr. Davis overland with a team of horses and a 
wagon, he being accompanied by his wife and his 
brother, Richard B. They arrived in this county 
on the Glh of .Vpril. 1873. when the country was 
thinly settled and Wichita, forty miles away, was 
the nearest market and railroad station. Mr. Davis 
entered a claim to a tract of Government land on 
section 27. in what is now Jackson Township, fding 
the same in the land office at Wichita. He put up a 
bo.x house. 12x14 feet in dimensions and commenced 
at first principles in the development of a farm. 
He resided there five years, effecting good improve- 
ments, then sold out and removed to that whereon 
he now resides. Deer, b\iffalo an<l other wild game 
was I'leutiful a few miles west of his [)resent home- 
stead at the time of his settlement here. He has 
watched the march of events in liis adopted Suite 
with that interest onl}' felt by the intelligent and 
public-spirite<l citizen, and in adiling to the value 
of the taxable property of .Sumner County hn* llm- 
contributed his full quota to its prosperity. 

The wife of Mr. Davis, to whom he was married 



in Montgomery County February 23. 1H73. was in 
her girlhood Mi.ss Klizabelli Desart. Mrs. Davis 
was born in Kdgar County. III., and is the d.-iughter 
of George and Kmily (Martin) Desart, who were 
natives of Ohio and New York and arc now de- 
ceased. This union resulted in the birth of three 
children, all daughters — Olive, Kmily and Augusta. 
They are a bright an<l jiromising (rio and, it is 
hardly necessiry to state, the pride of their parents' 
heart-s. 

Mr. Davis cast his lirst Presidential vote for lieu. 
McClellan and has since remaineil a steadfast sup- 
l)orter of the principles of the Democratic party. 
He is serving his sixth term as the Trustee of .Tack- 
son Township, anil has been the candidate of his 
jiarly for the Slate Legislature. He belongs to 
Lodge No. 2.')5. A. V. A- A. M.. and is prominently 
connected witli the Methodist Kjiiseopal riiurfh. 



OUNKl.ll S 1. CI SH.MAN. The farming 
communily of South -Haven Townshi[i 
^^^5 recognizes in .Mr. Cushman one of its most 
faithful representatives, although he has only been 
a resident of Kansas since 1883. That year became 
to this county supplied willi a reasonable amount 
of hard cash, and purchased three hundred and 
thirty -three acres of wild lan<l on section 'J. By a 
course of unflagging industry, he has now one 
hundred acres umler the \Ao\\. has erected a sub- 
stantial frame residence with a barn, corn cribs, 
granary ami other necessary structures, and h.as 
.set out an apple orchard, togollier with trees of the 
small fruits. He makes a specially of live stock. 
mostly cattle and swine of good giades. 

.V native of Windsor County, Vt.. Mr. Cushman 
was born June 21, 1839, and was there reared to 
manhood on a farm. His father, John Cushman, 
Jr.. was also of New Kngland birth, and the son of 
John, Sr., who was biuii, and reared his family 
chiefly in Vermont, where he spent his la-st days. 
John, Jr., remained a resident of his native county 
until reaching manhood, and was then married to 
Miss Fnnnj-, daughter of Ra-^zell Spauhling. There 
were born to them seven children, of whom Cor- 



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neliiis I. was next to the 5'oungest. He and liis 
brother, Edmund E., are the onl.y surviving mem- 
bers of the family. 

Mr. Cushraan remained a resident of liis native 
State until November, 1868, then, leaving New 
England, emigrated to Illinois, and was a resident 
of Jacksonville until the winter of 187.3. Next, 
crossing the Mississippi, he established himself as a 
resident of Fairmount, Neb., where he was emplo^'ed 
as a clerk in a store three years. In tiie meantime, 
in 187G, he was married to Miss Isabel Perr3\ 
There were born to tliem one child, a son, Aubert 
J., and Mrs. Cushman died April 28, 1879, aged 
twentj'-nine years. In 1870, Mr. Cushman removed 
to Clay County, Neb., where he prosecuted farming 
until coming to this county. 

Our subject contracted a secjond marriage April 
1, 1889, with Miss Hannah M., daughter of Carson 
and Christina E. (Meyer) Ehlers. Mrs. Hannah 
Cushman was born in Adams County, III., of 
parents who were natives of Germany. Her mother 
came to America with her mother and sister in 
1856, and located iu Illinois. Mr. Ehlers came to 
the same state in 1854, and was there married. In 
1886 they came to Kansas and purchased a farm in 
Falls Township, upon which they still live. In 
the fatherland they were members in good standing 
of the German Lutheran Church. 

During the progress of the late Civil War, Mr. 
Cushman enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
A. Twelfth Vermont Infantry, and served as a pri- 
vate nine months. Politically, he votes independ- 
ently. He became a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, in Illinois, and joined the 
Farmers' Alliance after coming to this county. 

The Cushman family, it is supposed, originated 
in England, and the first representative in 
America was one Robert Cushman, who was born 
about 1585, and was one of the band who left his 
native land for the sake of religious freedom. To 
him had been given the responsible task of going 
to London and hiring a vessel larger than the May- 
flower, of "burden about nine score," and to see 
that she was sent around to Southampton, there to 
meet their companions from Holland. These facts 
are selected from a work comijiled as the "Cushman 
Genealogy." The Cushmans later flourislied in 



both JIassachusetts and Vermont, and were people 
generally well-to-do, noted for their industry, 
honesty and moral worth generally. They experi- 
enced all the inconveniences and discomforts inci- 
dental to the early settlement of New England, and 
in all the relations of life conducted themselves in 
a manner which, as the records show, should be a 
matter of pride to their descendants. 



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OHN EIKLOR. The number of compara- 
tively young men who occupy positions of 
public respousibilit3',carry on extensive busi- 
(^^^ ness operations, and own large and valuable 
estates in the great expanse west of the Mississippi 
River, is a continual source of surprise and com- 
ment to Eastern visitors, who are accustomed to 
see such places occupied either by men of middle 
age or as an inheritance from those who have lived 
long in the East. The above-named gentleman, 
though still young, is in a position of financial 
pros)jerity highly creditable to his own energy and 
ability, and is justly considered one of the most 
substantial and progressive agriculturists of Greene 
Township. 

Mr. Eiklor came to this county in January. 
1878, and pre empted one hundred and sixty acres 
of land on section 29, and to that acreage he has 
added until his landed estate now comprises eight 
hundred acres, principally located in Greene Town- 
ship, and bearing improvements which are more 
than usually adequate, substantial, and attractive 
iu appearance. He is one of the largest dealers in 
stock in this county, his herd of cattle [numbering 
some five hundred head. Since j-outh he has been 
engaged in farming, and endeavors in every de- 
partment of agriculture to keep up with the times 
in the use of modern and labor-saving machinery; 
he takes the advantage of every opportunity to in- 
crease the quantity and quality of his farm pro- 
ducts, and keeps One grades of stock, exhibiting 
good judgment in I he qualities most desirable in 
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takings is uviili iu-cil l.y a iillii><;i\-ii)hic engraving 
of his hoinesteacl, pii'Sfutcl (•l-i;'\vlicr(' in this vol- 
unu'. 

The liirlli of Mr. KikUir took place Fehrnary 2, 
1«.'>2. in DeKalh County. 111., whicli was lii.s lioine 
until lie reaehed the age of twelve years. Then, 
ac'eonipanyiii<i; his parents to McLean County, lie 
there grew to manhood, makinu it his huuie until 
he eanie West. Tlierc also his fatlier dietl, alioiit 
tno years after settlinp; in the county. Mr. Kiklor 
was united in niarriaije with Miss Knielino Olm- 
sted, also a native of DeKalh County. Decoiidier 
17. 1H72. Four l)ri<;ht children — Daisy, .\iidrew, 
Herman and Lawrence^have come to Mess their 
union. Mrs. Kiklor is a woman of intelligent and 
cultured mind, practical domestic Hcquirenients. 
and consistent Christian character. • 

Mr. Eikk)r helongs to the Republican party, 
and while neither an aspirant for political honors 
nor what is commonly known as a politician, is 
ilecply interested in the success of the principles 
in whicli he l.elievcs. and in the election of the 
candidates in whose hands he lielieves the reins of 
(Government will he most wisely held. I!oth heand 
his wife are members of the Methodist Cliurcli, and 
it is needless to say that they have many w.irni 
friends in the community and are held in high es- 
teem hy all who know them. 

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^^ HARLES F. IIORNKR, in whose death this 
[if ^ county lost one of her earliest pioneers and [ 
y^J'' most highly esteemed citizens, was a native 
of (iettysliurg, Adams County. Pa., his natal day 
having been April 2!i. l.siH. He was a son of 
.lolm and .Fane liorner. of the same ccjunty, was 
reared on a farm, and rcceive<l his early education , 
in the district schools. He lost his mother by 
death when he was about seventeen years old. He ' 
rem:iine(l in his native State until eighteen years of 
age. when he came to Kansas, following various oc- 
cupations here ilnriiig thc> first years of his sojourn. 
He and his brother, D. W. Horner, herded cattle 
here before Sumner County was organized, and 
they built one of the Srst houses within its limits. , 



Among the employments in which Mr. Iloriicr 

was engaged, was that of milling, but his principal 

occnp.-ition w.is buying and selling cattle. In 1M70 

he precniplcil land in Hclle Plaine Township, 

his location being on the Arkansas bottoms, where 

he resided a short time, and then moved to within 

a half mile of the \ iilage of Helie Plaine, where he 

was a resident until his death. That s.ad event 

occurred on the llth of .lanuary. 1889. and was 

made doubly sad by tliosinlileniiess with which the 

dreadful blow fell. r<Ir. Horner seemed as well as 

usual iluring that day e.vccpi for a slight pain in 

his back, of which nothing serious was thought. 

During the evi'iiing, however, it was thought best 

to call a physician, and his devoted wife sent word 

to his brother, liiat "Charley" did not seem well. 

The lirother and a friend went to the house about 

eleven o'clock, found Mr. Horner in good spirits. 

and inclined to joke about the matter. Shortlv 

after their arrival the Doctor gave him a soothing 

potion, and requested him to lie do«ii and trv to 

sleep. He was attended u|) stairs to his room by 

his wife. who. after seeing him comfort^ibly di:-- 

posed for rest, returned below, thinking he would 

fall asleep in a few minutes, but on going back to 

the room :i short time afterward, she found that 

life had departed. Although no noise had been 

perceptible to tiiose below, it was evident from the 

position of the lifeless body, that .Mr. Horner had 

risen and fallen across the bed. So suddenly did 

apoplexy remove an honored citizen from the midst 

of his fellowmeii. 

The family from which a kind and loving hus- 
band and father was thus removed, comprised a wife 
ami three chihiren. Mrs. Horner, who has the syin- 
(lalhy of many devoted friends in her sad bereave- 
ment, is a native of Gettysburg, Pa., a daughter of 
.lolin and Margaret .\. ICnox, of that place, and was 
united in marriage with him whose loss she now 
mourns, November 7, 1883. The first child born 
of this happy union, is F.dith, whose natal (J.ay was 
August 21, 1881; John B. added his presence to 
the family circle May 23, 1886; and Margaret C. 
October K;. 18S8. Mrs. Kale M. Horner is a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church, in which her de- 
ceased husband held high standing. .She still lives 
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acres of land siinoundins- it, anil one hundred and 
sixty acres near Conwa\- Springs. 

Mr. Horner belonged to tlie Masonic fraternity, 
and gave his iiolitical afliliation to the Republican 
party. Like other pioneers he had endured some 
of the harilships attending the early settlers, and as 
he had no one to start him in life, his .success was 
due to his personal efforts and capability. The 
prosperity at which he had arrived was a source of 
rejoicing to all who knew him, as he had ever man- 
ifested the generous and whole-souled spirit which 
viewed with favor every movement that would ad- 
vance the interests of the community, would ele- 
vate the standard of morality and good citizenship, 
and load to a higher and nobler civilization. 



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HARLES RUMBLE. If great credit is due 
to the men and women who do the pioneer 
work in any section of country and open 
tlie way for the advance of civilization, how much 
greater credit should bo accorded those who take 
their places upon the frontier in one section after 
another, doing a double share of the labor and un- 
dergoing a double share of tlie privations and dan- 
gers which surround the lives of the early settlers. 
The gentleman above named, who is now the owner 
of a fine tract of land in Wellington Township, is 
not only a pioneer of tliis county but in another 
section of this (State was also an earl}' settler and 
developed a tract of land, reclaiming it from the 
primitive condition and making of it n valuable 
estate. 

Mr. Rumble is a native of '-Merrie England," in 
which country his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John 
Rumble, were also born and where thej- were reared 
and married. In 1834 they left their native land 
and, with their children, crossed the Atlantic and 
settled near Toronto, Canada, in a section which 
was then sparsely inhabited. There the father of 
our subject was employed at various occupations 
for a few years when he purchased twenty acres of 
land twenl\- miles from Toronto, in ^'aughn Town- 
sliip. where he b\iilta set of log buildings ami lived 



until after the death of his wife. He then sold his 
[iroperty and lived with his cluldren in the Domin- 
ion, all of vvhom except our subject remained there. 
The family comprised eight sons and daughters — 
Thomas, William, Robert, John. George, Charles, 
Mary and Lucy. 

The subject of this sketch was about six years 
old when the family came to the New World, and 
he was reared in Canada, whence about the year 
18.").') he removed to the United States. He located 
in LaSalle County, HI., which was then a new 
country in which Ottawa, twenty miles distant 
from his home, was the nearest railroad station and 
depot for supplies. He purchased a tr.act of prai- 
rie land in Otter Creek Township, which was un- 
broken and unimproved and upon which he at once 
erected a frame house lf)xl4 feet, and began other 
necessary improvnments and which he cultivated 
and made his home until 1874. He then sold and 
turning his face Westward, arrived in this county 
on the 9th of May. 

Mr. Rumble thought best to rent a farm and 
raise a crop that year while looking about for a 
(ilace that would suit him as a permanent location. 
The iieople who were living here in the year 187 I 
will always remember that as the '■grasshopper 
year" and our subject, with other residents, suf- 
fered the loss of his entire crop, as the grasshopers 
came in clouds and devoured every green thing, 
leaving corn-stalks as bare as bean poles. In the 
fall of that year Mr. Rumble purchased the south- 
cast quarter of section 8, in Wellington Township, 
which was an unbroken tract of prairie land. Ho 
continued his work as a renter for two years and 
then located upon his own estate where he has since 
resided and where he began making improvements 
immediately after taking possession. It is a line 
body of land lying on the Slate Creek bottoms and 
cai)able of producing excellent crops. During the 
lirst few years of Mr. Rumble's residence here an- 
telope were to be seen from his door, and deer and 
bison were plentiful a few miles farther west; 
Wichita was the nearest railroad station and market 
for farm produce, and all the travel throughout 
this vicinity- was accomplished with teams or on 
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the boiiseliold economy of Mr. RiiniliU''s liiniie. 
faithfully <lisfh;iriiiiiir liif duties whitii dovolved 
upon her spiicrc in life and enei.nniijins; him in liis 
lahor», was a native of C'leniiield County. I'a . and 
the rites of wedlock were celebrated betweiii iliein 
in l.So4. Her maiden name was Klizalietli C'orle, 
and she was a daughter of Isaac and .lane C'orle, 
natives, respectively of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Runiltle re- 
sulted in thehirth of seven children — Isnac. Mii'iam 
.1., Lucy May. Mary A.. Rella Belle, Pha-hc A., 
and Llizabelh R. The wife and mother was torn 
from her family by the hand of death May 18, 
1885, deeply rejjrctted by many friends and espe- 
cially by the home circle wiierein her virtues were 
best known and understood. 




E0R(;K M. I). IIINCKLE, a representative 
farmer and stock-raiser residiu" on section 



'.), Belle Plaine Township, i.-^ the subject of 
this brief biography. He was born March :?.s, 1H4(!, 
in Frederick Countj'. Va., to Daniel and Mary .1. 
(Duckwall) IlincUle. The parents were born na- 
tives of Virginia, the father of Daniel llinckle liav- 
in<: settled in Frederick County, upon his arrival 
ns an emigrant from Oermany many years before. 
The parental family consisted of live children, 
named respectively: Mary C, wife of .biliii .^liade. 
resides in Sedgwick County. Kan.; Rebecca, de- 
ceased; (ieorge M. D.. the subject, of this notice; 
.Sarah K. is the wife of Dr. W. 15. Mollis, and re- 
sides in Virginia; and William A. 1'.. who resides 
in Belle Plaine Township, Kan. 

Mr. llinckle was reared in his native .State to the 
occupation >i{ a farmer. Ilis eibicalional advan- 
tages were limited, being coiilincd to the early siib- 
sciiplion schools of the State, which were far from 
being etiicient in either method or scope of instruc- 
tion. Realizing the lienelils to be conferred liy 
knowledge, our subject was not discouraged at the 
little opportunities w'.iich were within his reach, but 
applied himself diligently to reading and study of 
bueh subjects .as were presented to him Iroui lime 



to time. By this means he became well acquainted 
with all the leading triples of the day, and has al- 
w.ays kept nbroast of the j^eiiend trend of modern 
thought. 

When .Mr. llinckle was in his twentieth year, be 
left home and v.ent to Portland Ky.. where he 
clerked in a store for about ten months, then went 
north as far as Macoupin County, 111., where he 
hired out as a farm-hand. He followed the latter 
occupation for about two years, receiving *2.") per 
month, and his board. Subsequently he rented 
land in the same county, and farmed it one season 
then moved to Montgomery County. 111., where he 
operated a farm two years for another man, receiv- 
ing one-half of the products as his share. He left 
Illinois in the spring of 1872. and located on sec- 
tion 34, Salem Township, Sedgwick Count}'. Kan., 
where he resided a number of years. He then went 
to Mulvane. Kan., where he handled stock for n 
time, then removed to his present place in the 
spring of 1886, where he has since lived. 

Upon first coming to Kansas, .Mr. llinckle jire- 
empted one hundred and sixty acres in Sedgwick 
County, when it was in a i)erfecliy raw condition, 
with no improvements, and but few neighbors. 
The usual hardships of a pioneer fell to his lot, but 
he w.as m.ade of sterner stuff than to mind a little 
trouble when the object in view was a home of his 
own. He persevered in his work, and, after kei-p. 
ing bachelor's hall for some time, in 1874. on the 
10th of November, was uniteil in marriage to Miss 
Lillie "Wilson, a daughter uf David ().. and Corne- 
lia I). Wilson. The}- are now residents of .Stevens 
County. Kan., but were at the time of the marri'ige 
of their daughter, residents of Sedgwick County. 
Mrs. llinckle was born January 14, 18"),S. in R.an- 
dolph Count}', W. Va., is a lady of domestic habiis. 
and is a model wife and mother. There have been 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Hinckle. three children, wlm 
are named respectively: Pearl: Earl, deceased; 
and Mabel. Mr. Hinckle and his wife are both ac- 
tive and elllcient members of the church knon n as 
the I'nited Brethren in Christ. They are nor onlv 
regular in their attendance upon its services, .-md 
liberal contributors to its fuuincial prosperity, but 
in many otlier w.ays are zealous in their laburs of 
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eluircli. do not, however, interfere with their par- 
ticipation in the pleasures and refinements of so- 
ciety, nor in their oliligations to the community in 
general. They are ever ready to assist the right 
whether in political affairs of the State or Nation, 
or in the more immediate concerns of their own 
county. 

Mr. Hinckle owns three hundred and twenty 
acres of land in Sumner Count}' in ad<lition to that 
already mentioned as helonging to him in Sedgwick 
County. He is a self-made man, having accumu- 
lated all his present property since he l)egan life as 
an humble hired farm hand. Industry and good 
management have been the principal factors in the 
success which he has achieved. He is not a politi- 
can. and has no desire for office, jireferring home 
life to the agitation of public affairs, but. neverthe- 
less, he keeps posted in all issues of national or lo- 
cal importance. He affiliates with the Prohibition 
partj% but is not a strict party man, aiming to vole 
for the best man irrespective of party. He was a 
member of the Patrons of Husbandry when that 
organization had an existence. His experience in 
this county dates back to its beginning. He has 
witnessed its gradual improvement and develoi)- 
ment from a wild prairie where the Indian and 
buffalo held full sway, to the present, when the 
forces emanating from the brain of man have 
changed it to a fit residence for refined people, and 
made it the dwelling place of cheerful prosiierity. 

The parents of Mr. Hinckle were both members 
of the denomination known as the ITnited Brethten 
in Christ, and were worth}' and devout people. 
The father of Mr. Hinckle was a local preacher in 
that church. Mr. and Mrs. Hinckle are natives of 
A'irginia and West Virginia, respectively, where 
they have many friends. 



% ICHARU B. DAVIS. For the past sixteen 
years Jlr. Davis has been a continuous resi- 

ig this time 
stead on sec- 
tion 27. Jackson Township. He shared in the la- 
bors an<l struggles of tiie early pioneers, and has 



i(- years Jlr. IJavis has been a conti 
fl^\ dent of this county, and dnrinj 
^^lias lived at his present homeste 



niatle for himself a good record, having been a 
peaceful and law-abiding citizen, attending closely 
to his own concerns, and in assisting in the de- 
velopment of a good farm, has thus contributed his 
quota to the growth and prosperity of his adopted 
county. 

Mr. Davis is a native of Illinois, having been 
born in Bear Creek Precinct, Montgomery County. 
November 20, 184fi. He is the second son of Jlat- 
thew and Sarah (Bentle}') Davis, further mention 
of whom is made in the sketch of the brother of 
our subject, J. H. Davis, on another page in this 
volume. 

As soon as large enough, young Davis was sent 
to the pioneer school of his neighborhood, and at 
an early age, he also was required to assist in the 
labors of the farm as far as his strength would per- 
mit. His father died when he was a lad of twelve, 
and he continued at the homestead during the years 
which followed, .assisting his mother in the support 
of the family, and remaining under the old roof- 
tree until 1873. Then, in companv with his 
brother, .Jonathan H.. he started out for the conn- 
try west of the Mississippi, overland with a team, 
making his way to this count}'. Much of the land 
in this region was at that time owned by the Giov- 
ernment. and was thinly settled, presenting a wild 
picture of frontier life. 

The land selected by ilr. Davis, comprised the 
southeast quarter of section 28, in what is now 
Jackson Township, and after he had filed his claim, 
he returned to Illinois to settle up his affairs. In 
the fall of that same year, he started on the return 
journey to Kansas, accompanied by his mother, his 
sisters, and a younger brother, journeying as be- 
fore, overland with a team. The mother, upon lier 
arrival here, selected the southwest quarter of sec- 
tion 27, as her property, entering the same at the 
Land Office at Wichita. I'ljon this land a house 
was at once put up, and other buildings added as 
time and means iillowcd. Mr. Davis and his brotli- 
ers proceeded with the improvement of the joint 
farm, and the mother resided with them until hci- 
death, in August, 1886. 

The two sisters, Nancy and Clarissa, continue 
their residence at the homestead. The latter now 
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f:iiiii. wliic-li lias ln'fii L'lilurjrt'il Irnin its orii;iiial 
|iru|)oitit)ns. eoiniJiising now t«'o liinulrt'd .aii<l 
forty acres, iiml uiubullislii'cl with sulistantial luiilil- 
iiigs. 

Mr. Davis fur liic past fow years lias ijiv»'ii cun- 
sidorable altentiuii to stofk-niisinjf. in wlucli indus- 
try he li.Ts been fairl\' successful. He still pursues 
his life of single blessedness. Iiis sisters presiding 
over his domestic affairs, and be has accumulated a 
tudiciency of this world's goods to defend him 
a;L;ainst want in his declining years. In summing up 
the list of the early pioneers of this county, it must 
be acknowledged that Mr. Davis, one of the most 
worthy, has performed well his part, and is amply 
worthy of rcpresi'ntation in a work designed to 
perpetuate their names and deeds. 



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^OllN T. Mi-MILLAN. one of the earliest 
I settlers of .*^umner County, resides on the 
southwest (juarter of section :)4, Belle I'laine 
Township. lie was born December 0. 1.S33, 
in Jefferson County, Ind.. to John and Mary (.Shan- 
non) McMillan. The father was a native of Ayr. 
.Scotlanil, and emigrated to America in October. 
1803, locating tirsl in New York and afterward re- 
moving to Lexington, Ky., .'^eptembcr 12, 180."). 
He was a fine architect and followed that profes- 
sion in both of the above-named places for a num- 
ber of years. The mother of our subject was born 
in Fayette County, K}"., and was a daughter of 
(leorge .Shannon, who settled in Jefferson County. 
Ind.. in the early ilavs of its history when every- 
thing was new and the future gave iittle promise 
of the wonderful <leveloi)ment that was to come. 

The father and mother of our subject were united 
in marriage .Vpril 2(1. 181."). They had a family of 
eight children, of whom John T. is the youngest in 
order of birth. Their eldest son. (ieorge, was a 
minister of the I'niled Presbyterian Church until 
death relieve<t him. The rest of the family were 
all meml)ers of the Presbyterian faith. The Shan- 
non family was of considerable note in that new 
country, as they invested in quite a body of choice 



laiiil. and Hie uiicle of this subject. George .Shannon, 
was the firsV Surveyor in this part of the .State, aud 
did much valuable work for the community in 
which he lived. 

The subject of this notice wjis reared in his 
native county, ami after a thorough course in 
the common school, he attenacil the Hanover 
College awhile. 'i'his institution is located in 
Hanover, Ind., and is the oldest Presbyterian col- 
le{,e in the State. The father of our subject was a 
hardware merchant for a number of years and 
besides this, he was the owner of two fine farms, 
one of which he had farmed himself, and after the 
death of his fathei', John T. being then not quite 
twelve 3-ears of age. he and his mother lived on 
the farm and followed agricultural pursuits until 
the year 185(5. His mother died .September 21, 
18.J5. and a portion of 18.")7 he spent in Illinois 
and other places. He tlien leased out the home- 
stead which he had fallen heir to. and in the 
fall of 18;)8, concluded to go to Texas, and leaving 
the Hoosier .State at Madison, on hoard a new 
steamer, the •• Diana," which had just been built 
for the Galveston and Houston trade, he thus 
proceeded down the Ohio aud Mississipi)i Rivers 
to New Orleans, where lie crossed on the Gulf to 
(Jalvcslon. Tex. The pass.age .across the Gulf 
came very near being of a serious nature, had 
the "Diana" not reached a harbor at Vermillion 
Bay, just in time to escape a fearful storm, in 
which two Oulf steamers were badly disabled. The 
p.assage across the (Julf occupied several days 
before reaching Galveston, but our subject enjoyed 
the novel experience of a taste of sea life on a 
common river steamboat. In a few more days he 
reached his destination, Houston, Tex., where his 
friends met him. I'ejoicing. as the report had been 
there for several days, that the •• Diana" was lost. 
Mr. McMillan remained at that place for some lime 
engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a resident 
of the Lone .Star .State for six or seven years, re- 
siding in different counties and following different 
occupations, but principally engaged in an agency, 
after leaving Tex.ns. He finally drifted North- 
ward again and in July, 1865, found himself once 
more in his native State, where he remained some 
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on the old homestead, and was married the first 
time to Miss Sarah A. Leap. The jnarriage was 
celebrated at the home of the bride, near Hanover, [ 
Ind., January 4, 1866. She was a refined and ' 
gentle woman, lint unfitted, phj'sically, to cope 
with the rigors of their changeable climate. So in 
the spring of 1868 they removed to Kansas, hoping 
it might benefit his wife's health, and first located I 
in Lawrence, Douglas Count}-, where he remained 
but a short time, then went to Labette Count}-, 
where he engaged in the milling business. His first 
venture was with a sawmill which he operated with 
good success in that county, until he had the sad 
misfortune of losing his wife, who had previous to 
this time borne lier husband two children: Cora A., 
and Ada E.. who are at rest beneath the green sod 
with their loving mother. So not long after Mr. 
McMillan's sad bereavement he removed his saw- 
mill west to Cowlej- County, on the Walnut River, 
three miles below AVinfield. where it was operated 
one season with good success, during which time 
he located for pre-emption a quarter section of 
land in Sumner County on section 31, the same on 
which he now lives, which was done in the fall of 
1870. He afterward decided to remove his mill to 
Oxford, Sumner County, and in addition to the 
saw-mill lie also put ui) a gristmill at the same place, 
which was the first to be erected in that part of the 
State. He operated the mill in that place for al.out 
three years, in the meantime controlling territor}' j 
from thirty to fifty miles around, as he was the-! 
only gristmill owner within a radius of that dis- | 
tance. He is proud of the distinction of being the 
first to grind (grain) wheat, corn, and buckwheat 
in his section of the country where it was so much 
needed. After this Mr. McMillan went East onto ' 
the Mississippi River and engaged again in the I 
sawmill business for two or three years, after wiiich 
time he had the misfortune to have his mill burned 
up. lie then went to the mountains in Colorado 
to look for his fortune but was not very successful. 
He was in the milling business altoeether about 
twelve years. After Air. McMillMii iclunird from 
the ni'>ii!il;iins he then went, (into Iiks hmil wIkmc Ik; 
now lesides, and commenced improving with a 
determination of making a home of it. .Mr. 
Mc^Millan was again married on the 2'.lth of Decem- 



ber, 1879, to Miss Hattie M. Dickinson, a young 
lady of great decision and force of character, and 
the daughter of George W. Dickinson, of iladison. 
Ind. Thej' are the parents of one daughter. 
Pearl R. 

Mr. Mcilillan owns three hundred and sixty acres 
of land under a high state of cultivation. He 
turned the first furrow on his place at a time when 
there was no wagon road near, nothing but the 
hunter's trail. There was no town laid off in the 
county when he settled in it and he has lived to see 
it develop from that primitive state of wildness to 
its present condition of wealth, culture and refine- 
ment. In common with most pioneers he endured 
some privations and hardships but he feels amplv 
repaid for his sacrifices by the present prosperous 
condition in which ever^-thing is progressing in his 
adopted State and county. He is a friend and 
helper of everything tending to the upbuilding of 
the community cither from a material or intellect- 
ual point of view. 

'Sir. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the 
Presbyterian Church and take a deep interest in 
the religious education of the rising generation and 
are highly esteemed in church and society circles. 
Mr. McMillan is a Democrat and is distinguished as 
the first Democr.at to locate in the county. He takes 
only a moderate share in purel}- party affairs, b>it 
keeps himself well posted in regard to those ques- 
tions of the time that concern all good American 
citizens and is ever ready to lend a helinng hand 
to whatever promises good to the nation or his 
o«-n communitv. 






,^^LBERT I). SPAKIJ, Postmaster of :\Iiller- 
@A-)| ton and its pioneer merchant, is widely and 
j (1 favoraljly known to the people of tliis part 
0/ of .Sumner County as a man who lias been 

for many yc;irs ideu'.ilicd with her clo>C5t iiilires'.s. 
Noiwithstaiiding a \aricd i xperioice and niiiiy 
years spent in llMsille^s channels, he is a coii!par:i- 
tively )-oung man, having been born February II, 
ISyO, His native place was in Blair County. Pa., 



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and his parents were John antl Susannah (Shullz) 
S|iarr, wlio were likewise natives of the Keystone 
Slate, wiliiin wliose limits they re:ire<l their family 
of ten children, of whom Albert I), was the eldest, 
'•'lie father oeciipied himself at farniinj; until his 
death, whieh took i)laoc in his native Stale in 18(15. 
He was a man of man}' exeellent qnalities and a 
member in good standing of the Lutheran Church. 
He had been twice married, becoming by his first 
uni-n the father of two children. 

The subject of this sketch, in 1860. leaving his 
native State, m.ide his way to Peoria County. III., 
and sojourned there until April, 1873. Then cross- 
ing the Father of Waters, he came to this county 
.and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in 
London Township, where he lived until 1876. In 
the meantime he had been joined by his widowed 
mother. That year he sold out and purchased an 
improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres in 
Conway Township. lie occupied that four years, 
effecting many improvements, then retiring from 
the active labors of farm life removed to the vil- 
lage of Millerton, which had just been laid out. 
.Soon afterward he added to the importance of the 
embryo town l)y putting up a substantial residence 
and purchasing a stock of goods of !)is brothers. 
Ivlmund and Martin L., who h.ad opened tlie first 
store in the town. He entered upon ids career as 
business merchant, which he has since followed suc- 
cessfully, building up a good business. 

Mr. Sparr was appointed Postmaster in the fall 
of 1886. a i)osition which he still holds and in 
which lie has given general satisfaction. Intliefall 
of 1HH7 he was elected Township Assessor, and has 
since been annually re-elected. In the meantime 
lie has served as Clerk of the School Board and is 
ilie only Notary Public in Millerton. having held 
this ollice since November. 188.'). He has also 
served as Township Clerk. Kvery inovement cal- 
culaleil to advance the welfare of the place has been 
warmly seconded by Mr. Sparr, who may be looked 
upon as decidedly one of the city fathers. 

Mr. .Sparr remained a bachelor until twenty- 
eight ye.ars old and then look unto himself n wife 
and helpmate. ^liss Mary V. ALirtin, to wliotn he 
was wedded April 25. IH8H. This lady was born 
in Jasjier County, Mo., and was the daughter of 



Joshua and Sarah (\'ancc) Martin. Mr. ALarlin 
was a stanch I'liion man during the war and was a 
man who was highly respected in his community, 
lie was shot and instantly killed by bushwhackers 
July 2'.t, 186;!. at his home in .loplin. Mo. These 
bushwhackers claimed to be Union men and accused 
Mr. Martin of secretly working in behalf of the 
rebel army. It w.is conlidentl}' believed, however, 
that they were rebels .and accomplished his death 
to effect their purpose. Prior to this they had 
burned his house with the most of its contents, to- 
gether with his barn, granary, corn cribs and all the 
buildings on the farm with the outstanding grain. 
Mrs. Martin was compelled to flee for her life on 
foot, .as her teams and stock were also driven off, 
she being thus left without means or resources of 
any kind. Upon one occasion her tliirteen-3'car- 
old son, who had gone to mill with an o.x-team, 
was waylaid by the outlaws and the wagon and 
team taken from him, he being compelled to walk 
home. The Martin family were not by any means 
the only sufferers from maurauders in that region, 
.■is Unionists generally were treated in the same 
manner by the rebel element. 

Mrs. JLartin spent the winter of 1863-64 in 
Carthage. Mo., and the following spring came with 
her family of eight children to Kansas, traveling 
from Ft. Scott with a freighting train. (Her two 
younger children, twins, were born in September. 
1863. a short time after the death of their father). 
She was destitute of money, but having extended 
much kindness to a sick soldier in Missouri, the 
United States supply train men on this account as- 
sisted her in getting to Kansas, providing all the 
necessities for her and her children on the journey 
to Ft. Scott, and at that point hired a team by which 
she was conveyed to Lawrence in the vicinity of 
which she had a brother living. The latter was 
unable to go down to Carthage after her because it 
was dangerous for a Northern man to visit that 
region. 

Mrs. Martin lived for a time in Douglas County, 
this .State, until one of her sons. Josejih, oame to 
Illinois Township, this county, and took up a claim, 
after which she jfiined him. Four of her children 
are now residents of this county, and she makes her 
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member of the Baptist (Church. In which he offici- 
ated as Deacon. He w.is born in Kentuck3- and 
went to Missouri with his parents when a mere boy. 
He was first married to Miss Elizabeth Edwards, 
who bore him eight children and died in Joplin. 

The mother of ]Mrs. Sparr was a widow when 
she married Mr. ]\Iartin, her first husband having 
been Isaac N. Tiiompsoii, who died in ISGO. while 
on his way to California, leaving two cliildren. 

There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sparr five 
children, viz: Luther L., Ernest E., Albert D., Mil- 
son V. and Zora Q. They are all living at home. 
Mr. and Mrs Sparr, .as may be supposed, enjoy the 
esteem and confidence of a host of friends. Beside 
his village and farm property Mr. Sparr has a busi- 
ness house at Conway Springs, a part of which is 
occupied .as the jiost-fiffice. For four years he con- 
ducted a store on his farm, abandoning it when the 
railroad was built and the station located at ]Mdl- 
erton. 

AMIKL F. CLINARD. This gentleman 
is numbered among the old settlers of 
Sumner County, and is well known as an 
enterprising and progressive farmer, a 
reliable citizen, and a man of upright life and 
character. His attractive farm consists of three 
hundred and twenty acres on sections 17 and S, 
Greene Township, and is a productive and valuable 
estate. 

^Ir. Clinard was born in CleruKMit County, Ohio. 
March 22, 1844. and is a son of Henr^' and Sarah 
(Ferguson) Clinard. The ])arents removed to 
Pettis County. Mo., when our subject was about 
five years old, and in that and Saline Counties he 
grow to manhood. The father was a bl.acksraith 
and gave his son every advantage possible in the 
way of acquiring an education. The young man 
attended Jones Commercial Academy at St. I.,ouis 
about six months, and also attended the Missouri 
State Normal School at Kirksvilh;, for more than 
half a year. He adopted the profession of a 
teacher, and for seven oi- eight yeais w.is ciig;igcd 
in pedagogical iabor.-* in I'cltis :ind Saline Counties, 
proving his efficiency in the school room, and sow- 




ing seed which would develop and >>ring forth 
fruits of usefulness in the lives of his pupils long 
after he had left their midst. 

In the summer of 187(). Mr. Clinard came to this 
count3' and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
acres on section 1 7. immediately- lieginning work 
upon the same, which is now in a fine state of pro- 
ductiveness and improvement. .Since settling here 
Jlr. Clinard has given his attention almost wholly 
to farming and stock-raising, and is demonstrating 
the fact that book lore is not incompatible with 
success in the more mechanical employments, when 
practical common sense and good judgment are 
i)rought to bear with one's theoretical knowledge. 
He has added to his landed estate since his first 
.settlement, now liolding the amount mentioned at 
the beginning of this article, tlie whole comprising 
a home with which any man might well be jjleased. 
In Saline County, Mo., February 27, 1879, Mr. 
Clinard was united in marriage with Mrs. Magda- 
linc (Carmeau) Stanle}', who was boin in Hoss 
County, Ohio, December 26, 1845, and who is an 
educated woman, of noble Christian cliaracter, and 
one who in every department of life is faithful and 
efficient in the discharge of her duties, so letting 
her light shine in the midst of her associates. Mrs. 
Clinard is a daughter of .lohn and .Susannah 
(DeHaven) Carmean. and at the date of lier marri.age 
with our subject was the wirlow of Wintield S. 
Stanley, who died in Saline County. ^lo.. February 
11, 1876. By her first marriage she became the 
mother of two children. Frank M. and Mattie E. 
■J'o herself and Mr. Clinard three children have 
come: Pearlie M.. now brightening their fireside, 
while John H. and Rhoda were taken from them in 
their infancy. 

In the spring of 1880, Mr. Clinard was elected 
Trustee of Greene Township, being the first incum- 
bent of that office, a position which he held for 
five consecutive years. He has also held some of 
the school offices, and in ever^' position manifests 
an intelligent understanding of the duties accruing 
to it and an earnest determination to fulfill them to 
the best of his ability. In politics he favors the 
p'.iiiciplcs of the Democracy and therefore sujiports 
them with his \iiLi'. He In-lorigs to the F;u niers' 
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C'liristians. tin- one hoinsj a inein1)er of the I'.tiptist 
anil the nWwv of the .Mclliodisl Clinrcli. and both 
liavinjj hiirh standing in liu-ir icsiit'clive denumin- 
atiuns. 



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OSTIKN L. WKKiirr. No citizen of 
Sonth Haven is lield in iiigher respect than 
-=^\ the sulijcet of this notice, vvlio was one of 
^)' the first men n|)(jn the ground after tin- 
Laying out of the town and had the honor of serv- 
ing as the first City Treasurer. He is at jiresent 
engaged in the grocery business, including cigars, 
tobacco and confectionery, and l)\- his straightfor- 
waid method of dealing wilii his fellow-citizens, 
has earned their confidence and esteem as well as a 
substantial patronage. 

.Mr. Wright was born in Montgoiner}' County. 
Ohio, February'.), 1M5(), and spent his early years 
ill S()ringfleld, Yellow Springs and l).ij-ton, that 
Stale. His father. Isaac K. Wright, a native of 
Philadelphia. Pa., was engaged during his later 
years as a nierch.-int tailor, and died at Phil.adelphia 
in ISGH. His mother bore the maiden nanu; of 
.Mitchell and is now living in Cowlc}' County, Kan. 

Mr. Wright after reaching his majority, came, in 
October. 1871. across the Mississippi, joining a 
corps of njen who had been appointed to survey 
the Indian Territory. He oi)erate(l with them two 
years and at the expiration of this time, located on 
a pre-emption claim at a time when few white set- 
tlers had come to this section and when liniTulo 
and other wild animals roamed at will over the 
country. Krecting a frame house. 3oung Wright 
thereafter lived by himself for about ten years, 
carrying on farming and ki'eping bachelor's hall. 
He had a dairy of from ten to twenty cows, from 
which he manufactured quantities of butter. He 
hired men to assist him in his farn) operations, do- 
ing the cooking for I he whole crowd, and afterward 
occupied for sonit lime an old log building thai 
Ind formerly lieen ntili/.ed as a trading post. 

Finally, honever, leali/ing the f^icl th:it it ";is 
not good for man to be alone. Mr. Wright, in 
September, l><«l.":is wi-ddcd in Cowley County. 



this .State, to Miss Lydia A., daughter of N. C. and 
Margaret (Raszell) Ileizer. This lady was born in 
Fayette County. Ind., in 1«.J2. of parentis who 
were natives of Indiana and who are now living in 
Sumner County. .Mr. and Mrs. Wright remained 
on the farm in Cowley County until the spring of 
1885, then Mr. Wright purchasing a farm in (Jnelph 
Township, this county, removed to it, living there 
iiiilil February. 1887. His next removal was to 
the embryo town of South Haven. Here he asso- 
ciated himself with a partner. .1. M. Johnson, 
and they engaged in the dry-goods and grocery 
business. In April following Mr. Wright estab- 
lislied a new grocery store b^- himself, which he has 
since successfully conducted. There have been 
born to him and his estimable wife two children: 
Maggie K. and Carrie C. Mr. and Mrs. Wright 
are actively connected with the Methodist F|)iscopal 
Church. 

The i)arents of Mrs. Wright came to Kansas in 
IM77, settling first in Cowley County and later re- 
moved to .South Haven Township, this county. Mr. 
Heizer was born in I'ayelte County. Ind.. and his 
wife was a native of Decatur County, that State. 
The latter with her parents, Nehemiah and Nanc}' 
A. (Wherrett) Raszell removed to Fayette County 
where she was reared, and where her parents spent 
the remainder of their lives. 



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LliKRT -M. COLSON. President of the 
11 Citizen's Bank of Caldwell, is also exten- 



i* sively engaged as a dealer in live slock and 
'*" is one of the leading men of Southern 

Kansas. By a course of iniliistry and prudence, 
he has lieconie indepenilent, tin.-incially, while 
his genial and companionable temperament draws 
around him frienils wherever he goes. He is a 
gentleman of fine business abilities, and enjoys the 
disti:iction of being one of the first settlers of 
Sumner County. A native of F^alon, Madison 
Ciiunty. N. Y., he was bmn .March Ki, 184.'{. and is 
the son of Brackley and .Siisan (.Sailer) Colsuh. 
Brackley Colson was a native of Conneclicnl 



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and a hatter hy trade, at wliich he worked the 
greater part of his life. He accumulated oon- 
sifU'rablo means and lived to a ripe old age, dying 
in 1885, after having passed liis ninety-second 
year. The wife and mother was born in INIassa- 
chusetts and outlived her husband one month onlj', 
dying in 1885 at the age of eight}'-seven years. 
Their married life had embraced the long period 
of sixty-seven years. There were born unto them 
nine children of whom Albert M. was the young- 
est. 

Mr. Colson was reared in his native town, re- 
ceiving such advantages as were afforded bj' the 
common school. He was variously employed until 
the outbreak of the Civil War, then enlisted as a 
private in Company C, Ninety-first New York In- 
fantry, which was first assigned to the Department 
of the Gulf and later went with the Fifth Army 
Corps under the command of Gen. Warren. After 
a faithful service of four years, during which he 
shared with his comrades the various dangers and 
hardships in tlie army, Mr. Colson received his 
honorable discharge in .Tuly, 1865. Soon after- 
ward he emigrated to the Pacific Coast, following 
various pursuits for a number of years. We lind 
him first in Kansas in 1 870, locating in tliis count}-, 
of wiiich he lias since been a continuous resident. 
He arrived here prior to its organization and upon 
tiiis important occasion was elected Superintendent 
of Public Instruction. He soon took up his resi- 
dence in Caldwell and in due time became a mem- 
ber of the City Council and finally the Mayor. 
He has watohed the growth and development of 
the town with unabated interest, and has con- 
tributed his full quota toward bringing it to its 
present condition. 

In 1887 in company with other leading residents 
of Caldwell, Mr. Colson assisted in organizing the 
Citizens IJauk, of which he was elected President, 
a (losition which he !)as since held with credit to 
himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He 
came to the Sunttower State poor in purse, and has 
had no assistance from any one, financialh-. By 
industry and good management, he has accumulated 
a comfortable property, includina: considerable 
real estate in ibis i-uuiity. lie.-iii,'.s I'.ie S.iuIIuvi'.Uth 
Hotel at Caldwell, lie has for sume years dealt 



considerably in live stock, realizing ample returns 
therefrom. He cast his Prst Presidential vote for 
Lincoln and remains a loyal adlierent of the Re- 
publican iJaity. He is a Mason in good standing 
and Commander of LTi)ton Post. No. 27, G. A. R. 
at Caldwell. He is also a K. of P., Uniform Rank. 
Mr. Colson was first wedded in 1874, to Miss Mary 
Goldey of Milan, this State. This ladj' was born 
in Iowa and after becoming the mother of one 
child, a daughter, Fawnie, died at their home in 
Caldwell in 1871*. The following year Mr. Colson 
contracted a second marriage with Mrs. JIary .1. 
(iaretson. Mrs. Mar}' Colson was born in Litch- 
field, III., April 11, 1853. Of her first marriage 
there was born two children, a daughter, Katie and 
son Charlie who died .luly li, 1877. The Colson 
residence is pleasantly located in the north part of 
the city and is the frequent resort of its most in- 
telligent and cultured people. 



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RS. MAR(;ARET E. CAPPS. one of 

I the finest farms in Belle Plaine Townshi[) 
l)elongs to the lady with whose name we 
introduce this sketch and embraces two 
hundred and forty acres of well-developed land on 
sections 1 and 12. It is embellished with sjood 
buildings with fruit and shade trees and is sup- 
plied with the most approved machinery for the 
successful prosecution of agriculture. Mrs. Capjjs 
is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and 
fine business capacities and manages her property 
with rare good judgment. Socially, she occupies a 
leading position in her community. 

Mrs. Capps was born in Sangamon Coinit}-. III.. 
September 2, 1848, and is the daughter of .lames P. 
and America (Morris) Hilyard, who were natives of 
A'irginia. Mr. Hilyard remo\ed from the Old 
Dominion with his parents when a small bo}' to 
Sangamon Count}-, 111., they locating among its 
earliest pioneers. His wife, America, also came to 
that region with her parents when a young girl. 
They lived there for some time after their marriage. 
Mi. !;!l\.ir;I ci'.i::!i:::ig in agricultural pursuits. In 
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Will- witli Mexico anil nfterward reinovcfl from 
SaiiKanion to Macon County, wliore he made liis 
home four years. 

Mr. llilyard came to Kansas in 1870, taking ui) 
iiis abode in Greenwood County. Tlie parental 
iiouseliold consisted of fourteen children of whom 
Marjiaret. E. was the fourth in order of birth. .S!\e 
was a maiden of seventeen years when tiie family 
removed lo Macon County and she w!\s there mar- 
ried November 21. 1867, to Ephraira .lames. Mr. 
.lames was born near Columbus, Oliio. .March 11), 
1837, and became a resident of Macon County, 111. 
After their marriage Mr. and ^Irs. .lames continued 
to live there until theirrcmoval to Kansas in 1H74. 
They settled in Belle Plaine Township, Mr. .lames 
purchasing six hundred and fifty acres of laud 
upon which he engaged quite extensively in farm- 
ing until the illness which resulted in his death. 
.\pril 11. 1884. 

To Mr. and Mrs. .lames there w.a.s born a family 
of eight children, the eldest of whom, a daughter. 
Laura .1.. is the wife of <). C. Watson of Belle 
I'laine: Wlliam lives in Belle Plainc Township; 
I'uwell died when one year old ; Emma. Elmer. Al- 
bert, Ceorge and .Sybil, remain at home with their 
iniither. Mrs. .Margaret E. .Tames wa.s a second 
time married .\i)ril HI. :88S, to E. S. Capps.'a na- 
tive of Illinois and of English parentage. 

In religious belief Mrs. Capps is a I'niversalist, 
as was also her first husband. Mr. .lames w,as an 
intelligent man and took a warm interest in educa- 
tional affairs. 

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*^;^^II()MAS H. MOHbV. Among the resi- 
Tt^^ dents of .Sumner County, who claim En- 
*^^; glisli birth and [larentage, this gentleman is 
numbered. .Vs a successful agriculturalist, an 
earl}- settler and a prominent citizen, he well de- 
serves notice in a volume of this character. He 
now resides on a farm in Belle I'laine Township, 
which fr ■111 :iii <'u!'ly-acie Unit, he ha- ii'crons'-d 
iwo-folil. beaidcj. redeeming the soil from its piim- 
ilive ((inditiiin au'1 erecting subslantial biiildin^is 
on the homestead, lie is identilied uith all im- 
portant movements in the history i>f the townshii>, 



and is a iiiembcr of the .Subordinate Lodge of 
I. (). (). K. at Belle riaine. also of the Encamp- 
ment at .Mulvane. being a charter member of both 
organizations. Politically, he supports the prin- 
ciples of the liepublican party, and is at present 
serving his third term as Treasurer of the Twenty- 
fourth School District. 

Durham County. Enirland, was the native place 
of our subject, and the date of his birth February 
13, 1845. He was the \oungest son born to John 
and Dfuothy (Robson) Mordy. who weie born in 
I'^uglaud. and after passing their entire lives on its 
soil, also passed lo rest there. Our subject's edu- 
cation has been principally self-obtained, as in his 
yiuith he had very limited advant:iges. He was 
reared in his native county, and until the age of 
seventeen years, remained uiidev the parental roof. 
Then, commencing for himself, he workeil in the 
Durham County coal mines until he resolved to 
come to .Vmerica. 

Taking passage in the steamer "Louisiana," 
which sailed from the port of Liverpool April 2*5, 
18()4. .Mr. Mordy arrived in New York City on 
the 11th of May. Thence he went to Pennsylvania 
and worked in coal mine?, principally in Schuylkill 
Count}'. He was there iluringthe Mollie McGuire 
perioil. but in the spring of 18i!6 removed to Tus- 
carawas County, Ohio, whence, after spending a 
short tin'.e engaged in digging coal and farming, 
he returned lo Pennsylvania. He once again sought 
the Buckeye .State, where he was united in mar- 
riage August 22, 1867, with Emma Beberly, who 
was born in Germany .Inly 10, 1844 and was the 
daughter of Charles and Theresa Beberly. When 
about two years of age she came with her mother 
to the Inited States. 

Mr. anil Mrs. Mordy have a family uf bright 
and intelligent children, live in number. The 
eldest, .lames, is deceased. Cora, Thora.as, Simon. 
John and \'ivian are at home and are receiving 
good educational advantjiges. In .lanuary. 1878. 
Mr. Mordy, with his wife and children, came from 
their home in the Buckeye Stale to Sumner Count}-, 
Kan., having in the former place traded a horse 
and bu<;;;v and seventy bushels <>{ i-orn. for the 
eighty-acre farm where they ntnv live. TIiim lanil 
was practically niiiinproved. when he setlle<l on it. 



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being in about tlie same condition left by the 
Indians. It required many years to bring the 
farm up to its present higii sta'.e of cultivation, 
while prudent economy enabled him to purchase 
another eighty acres. Upon coming to the Sun- 
tlower State he had ^6 ahead. His present pros- 
perity is due in no small measure to the assistance 
he has received from his wife, who has been his 
helpmate and counselor for years. He has wit- 
nessed the gradual development of the county and 
h.as contributed his share to the same. His farm is 
a monument to his industry, and is being subiected 
to constant improvements. 




APT. GEORGE D. ARMSTRONG. This 
gentleman first set foot upon the soil of 
Kansas during the early settlement of tliis 
county, when tlieland now lying within its limits was 
the property of Uncle S.am and when few settlers 
had ventured into tiiis region. He landed here in 
.lune, 1.S71, and at once entered a claim to the 
northeast quarter of section 33, in what is now 
Avon Township, filing his claim in the LandOfUce 
at Wichita. He was not then married and did not 
build upon his land until tlie following year, when 
he i)ut up a solid oak frame house which thereafter 
remained his residence until 1879. Then selling 
out, he purchased his jjresent farm, which occupies 
the southeast quarter of section 3, Jackson Town- 
shii). Here he has erected a set of frame buildings, 
has gotten together the requisite farm machinery, 
jilanted a large variety of fruit trees and surrounde<l 
liis (iwclling with shade and ornament.al trees. His 
proi)erty is now numbered among the attractive 
rural homes of the county where is indicated in ii 
marked manner the enterprise of tiie proprietoi , 
his industry as an agriculturist and his worth as a 
member of tlie community. 

Mr. Armstrong was born a little over fifty years 
ago, Deceml)er 3. 1839, in Shelby County, Ohio, 
wliere he spent the first ten years of his life and 
tlien removed witli his |)arents to Illinois. He was 
a v<.iuiig man apiir.p:i;hiiig Uie twi ii;y-scc(,)iitl year 



of his age at the outbreak of the Civil War and 
that same year, in October, 1861, proffered his 
services to assist in the preservation of the Union, 
enlisting in Companj' F, Fifty-ninth Illinois In- 
fantry. A few months later, however, in April, 
1862, he was obliged to accept his discharge on ac- 
count of disability. Upon recovering from his 
ailment, however, he in Julj' following, re-enlisted 
in Company B, Ninetj'-seventh Illinois Infantry 
and h.<id the satisfaction of serving until the ene- 
mies of the Government had been subjugated. Ho 
participated in manj' of the important battles of 
the war. meeting the enemy at Pea Ridge, Chicka- 
saw Bluffs, the siege of Viiksburg, Port Gibson, 
Raymond, Chamiiion Hills, Black River Bridge, Ft. 
Blakely and other minor engagements. After the 
close of the war he received his honorable dis- 
charge and was mustered out at Galveston, Tex. 

At the second enlistment of Mr. Armstrong in 
the army, he was mustered in as private and later 
for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field, 
was promoted through the different grades and 
finally was given a Captain's commission. He 
justly looks upon that period of his life as some- 
thing to be proud of. In August, 1865, Mr. 
Armstrong returned to Illinois and in connection 
with farming, worked at the trade of a plasterer, 
which he had learned prior to entering the army. 
He sojourned in Coles County until 1870 and spent 
the following year in California. In 1871 he came 
to Kansas. 

Mr. Armstrong found a wife and helpmate in 
this county, having been married October 13, 1872. 
to Miss .Sarah A. Gregson. ftlrs. Armstrong is a 
native of Indiana and the daughter of .loscph and 
Elizabeth (Montgomery) Gregson, who came to 
this county at an early day, settling in Avon 
Township; they are now residing in Avon. Of 
the seven children born to the Captain and his ex- 
cellent lady, three died in infanc3\ The survivors 
are Irving, Albert. Minnie and P^dwin. Since 
coming to this county Mr. Armstrong has ideutilied 
himself with its most important interests, especially 
in the rural districts and among the fruit growers. 
He is a leading member of the State and Sumner 
County Horticultural Societies and belongs to the 
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I'ost, No. .">", G. A. U. ii'cogiiizos ('.'lilt. Aiinslronjj 
:is oiu' of its iim^l wortliy nu'iiilicrs. IK- .•iiul liis 
I'stini.ible wife .arc proiniiioiitly c-onncclcd witli the 
Mi'tliodist K|iisc'op.il t'liurcli. 

Tlie immediate |)ro<;('nitor of C'apt. Armstrong 
was .lolm S. Arinstroi)>r. wlio was lioni Spptomber 
.SO, 1H0(!. in (iallin County, Oiiio. The paternal 
irrnndfa'lier. Andrew Ai mstrong. a native o( Mitllin 
Counly. I'a.. was liorn March li, 1777, and was 
reared in liis native county. He emigrated to 
( )hii> iluring tiie early settlement of the State and 
was married in (iallia t'ounty, October I, 1H03. to 
Miss .Susan Snider. ( J rand mother Armstrong was 
horn in North Carolina .lune 18, 1770. Her father, 
.lohn Snider, was horn in Seplumher. 17.J1. in North 
Cariilii.a and removed to (>hiii during the pioneer 
(Lays of (Jallia County, where he constructed a 
home in the wilderness and spent his last years. 

-Vndrew Armstrong after his removal to Ohio 
sojourned v. few vears in Gallia County, then re- 
moved to Clark County and linally to Shelby 
County. In the latter he entered .1 tract of heavily 
limbered land from which he cleare<l a farm an'' 
theie resided until his <leath on the •2.'ilh of March. 
1840. liis wife hail died in Clark Count)', August 
21, 1S17. Their son. .lohn S., the father of our 
subjei't. when Ijeconiing his own man. took up his 
abode in Miami Coiuity wliere he sojourned a few 
years, but about 1X15, settled in Logan Counly. 
There he proceeded as had his father and grand- 
father before him. purchasing a trad of timber 
land and constructing a farm. Ipim this, how- 
ever, a few acres had been cleared and there had 
been erected a double log house. Thi.< was long 
befoie the days of railroads in that region and for 
some years thereafter the town of Sidney, twenty- 
live miles away, w.as the nearest market and trading 
point. I'pou the building of the (irst railroad, 
.lohu .\rmstrong secnrefi the coritract to supf)ly the 
limber for one mile of the road. Much nujre lum- 
ber was then employed in the construction of a 
track than is now used. hoav\- timbers then being 
laid lengthwise the road be(K the cross ties being 
laid ujinn ihein and upon these another Layer of 
lengthwise tinibers upon which were spiked the 
iron rails. Father Armstrong eleareil considerable 
of his land, residing there until about 1851. 



In the abiive-mentioned year the father of onr 
sidijeet, selling out his interest in the Buckeye 
.State, started overland for Illinois wiih teams. He 
was .accompanied by his wife and seven children, 
and upon arriving in Cinnberlaml County pur- 
(•ha.sed a tract of land in Long I'oint I'rccinct. com- 
prising one luuKired and sixty acres of timber aiid 
the same of prairie. The latter embr.aced a part of 
what was known as I'arkcr's I'rairie. A hewed log 
house w.as put up, the lirst ever built in that region. 
No railroads were made in Illinois for .several years 
thereafter and Terre Haute, forty miles distant, 
was the nearest market, milling place and depot 
for supplies. Deer were plentiful an<l the Arm- 
strongs could often see droves of them passing not 
very far from their own doorway. They livcl 
there until 1 8(1.'!. then the father, selling out once 
more, changed his abode to Coles County, purchas- 
ing a farm si.\ miles southeast of Mattoon. In 
1871 he made another removal, selling out again 
and settling in Bond County, purclnising an im- 
proved farm near Greenville. There .lohn Arm- 
strong spent his last years, dying on the idtli of 
I .lune, 1880. 

The mother of Mr. .\rmstrong of this sketch 
bore the maiden name of I'riscilla Dye. She was 
born in .Miami Count}-, Ohio, .luly 12. 1818, and 
was the daughter of .lohn Minor Dye who was born 
August 24, 177.3, and was one of the earliest pio- 
neers of Miami County. He wjis a man of great 
industry and perseverance and improved a large 
farm from the wihierness near which the city of 
Ti'oy afterward grew up. There he sjient his re- 
maining days, pa.ssing away April 1, 1842, at the 
age of sixty-nine years. He wa> married to Kliza- 
beth Clyne who was born in .lune. I77.'(. and died 
.lanu.iry 5, 18.i2. 

.Mrs. I'riscilla (Dye) .\rnistrong departed this 
life at her home in Bond County. III.. March ."tl. 
187!l. To her and her husband was bcuii a f.-iinily 
of twelve children, two of whom, .lames and .Sam- 
uel ilied young. They were named respectively: 
Andrew M., .lames. George D., Klizabeth A., .lolm 
C. Henry ('., Charles M.. Priscilla. T. Alexander. 
Mary E.. Samuel S.. and Walter (JnuU. 

.loseph Gregson. Mi's. .Vrmstrong's father, was 
born in Indiana in 1828, and was married .lune I, 



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IH'A, to Miss Elizabetli Montjionicry, who was 
born in Ohio in 1836. Of this union tliere were 
born eight ehiMren, as follows: Snrah A., Mary C, 
William C, Joseph F., Carrie E., Alvin W.. Coin- 
moilore P.. Lee W. All of these are living. 



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OSEPH TEIEW, one of the early settlers of 
Oxford, eauie to this county before the rail- 
road was built through, and purchased a 
farm of one hundred anil sixty acres, adjoin- 
ing the village of Oxford on the west. With the 
exception of the soil having been broken, no im- 
provements whatever had licen made on the place, 
but going at once to work, our subject planted out 
an orchard, erected a good residence, setting out a 
grove and in other w.ays improved the farm. 

Upon coming to Kansas, .Joseph Thew was ac- 
companied bi' his wife, whose maiden name was 
Mary HaywariL and who was born in England Alay 
20, 1S24. When four years of age she accom- 
panied her parents to the United States, and settled 
with them in Pennsylvania. Her father, Isaac 
Hay ward, was a farmer by occupation. Her 
mother, Ann Shepard, was also a native of Eng- 
land. Later the family removed to Ohio, wlicre 
Mary met and married Joseph Thew, the wedding 
being celebrated December 20, 1843. The father 
afterward located near Ft. Wayne, Ind., and lived 
there until his death in 1881, and aftei' a residence 
in the Iloosier State of about twenty years. 

Mrs. Thew first began housekeeping in .MarK)n 
Countj^ Ohio, where her husband was engaged in 
the shoe business and where their children were 
born. Thej' were six in nuralier and are all living, 
and named respectively: Olive Ann, J. Weslej', 
Francis, Ella, A. Lizzie and William. Mr. and Mrs. 
Thew removed to Indiana when their \ onngest son 
William was eighteen months old. After a short 
sojourn there they located in Noble County, the 
same State, where Mr. Thew continued in the same 
business as before. Li that county they resided for 
eighteen years, coming thence to Kansas in 1877. 

Having purchased his farm before coming to Lhis 
State, Mr. Thew came directly here via the rail- 



road to Wichita. He conveyed his lumber from 
the latter city and out up at the first good house in 
the country, and it is still in a good condition. He 
w:is not a ijolitician. but was a member for many 
years of the Methodist JCpiscopal Church. He was 
born in England in 181'J and when six years of age 
with his father removed to Ohio, settling in Mor- 
row County. His father, Richard Thew, there en- 
gaged as a farmer. Here our subject grew to man- 
hood and lived until his marri.age, which occurred 
as above slated, in 1843. He was one of the lead- 
ing men of the township in which he resided, and 
highly spoken of by all who knew him. He died in 
Oxford after a long illness. January 8, 1883. Of 
his children, Olive married Albert Rice of this 
township, and has one child, Frank. J. W. married 
Miss < Jnintilla Flowers, by whom he has two chil- 
dren — Grace and Lenna. He lives in Oxford. F. 
H. married Emma Frink. and they have three chil- 
<h'en — Iva, Bessie and Bernie. Ella married D. F. 
Owens, of Dodge City, Kan. They have two chil- 
dren, Mabel and William. A. Lizzie married D. A. 
Griffith, now of Chicago. Their two children are 
Ethel and Mansure. William married Ann A. Gib- 
bons, and has one chilrL Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. 
Thew lost two children, Ellen M. and Charles 
Wesley. 

Mrs. Thew was again married in this township to 
William G. Lewis, who came to Kansas in the sum- 
mer of 1877, settling at Belle Plaine, and there 
lived until coming to Oxford. He was born in 
1837 in Pittsburg, Pa., where he lived until emn- 
ing West and taking nu a claim. 



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iENJAMIN F. HAMILTON, M. D.. Coro- 
^'-- ner of Sumner County, and a leading phy- 
sician and surgecm of Wellington, was first 
elected to his present office in November. 
1887. He w.as re-elected in 1889, having filled the 
office most acceptably to the people. He loc.itc d 
in Wellington, in the fall of 1884. 

Dr. Hamilton was boru near Mendon. Mircer 
County, Ohio. August 31, 1857, and there grew to 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 



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pniiiiso. Iiid.. .'iiid sul)S<'<HH'ntl\ taiiijlit sftiool fivi" 
years in Ohio, a part of wliicli time he was Super 
intLMiik'nt of lilt' Mt'iidon seliooLs. In tliL' mc:inliinu 
for lliree years lie ofciipied his leisure hours in the 
leading of nicdi'.-ine and later i)Iaced himself under 
tlic instruction of Dr. .1. 15. Haines, of Mcndon. 
Wiien suflieiently prepared he took a course of lec- 
tures in the Ohio Medical Collep:e at Cincinnati, 
fiom which he was graduated in the cla.ss of IHM. 
lie commenccil tiio practice of his profession in his 
native place and in tlie fall of IHX4. cominjr tf) 
Kansas, settled lirst at Millerton, Sumner CouiUy. 
whence in the spring of 188() he removed to Wel- 
lington. He is now in the enjoyment of a hicr.i- 
tive business and is looked upon as a valuable 
member of the commnnily. He has never sought 
otlice but keeps himself well posted in i)oIitical af- 
fairs and gives his support to the Republican party. 
Dr. Hamilton was married August 23, 1885 in 
Wellington, Kan., to Mi.ss Luella M;inn. Mrs. Ham- 
ilton was born in Shelby County, III., September 
.'), 1 SCO, and is the daughter of .lohn and Mtiggie 
Mann, who were natives of Illinois. Mr. .Mann is 
at present eugnged in the liai'dware business at 
Wellington. lie came to Sumner County in ISHi. 
To the Doctor and his estimable wife there have 
been burn two children, onl}' one of whom is liv- 
ing, a l)abe unnamed. Barrus F. died at the age of 
one year, three months and seventeen days. The 
father of our subject was Justin D. Hamilton, a 
native of Mercer County, Ohio, who married Eliza 
.1. Suavely. He was l)red to farming pursuits and 
witli his estimable wife occupies the old homestead 
where he was born. 



R.MOlK C. I.-'VMI'.K. In making notice 
/iJl j of the men who cainc tn this county dur- 
/// ill ing the pi-riod of its early settlement, the 
'^ name of .Mr. Lambe could b.\' no means 

be properly omitted from the category. His 
career li,a.s been signalized by unHagging industry- 
and a |)er.severancc that w.hs bound to overcome 
all obstacles. He met with the usual didiculties 
and ilraw'>acks of life in a new country at a time 



when a long jouiney was involved in going to 
market an<l mill, and when the country was poorly 
supplied with the larilitics for either agriculture or 
any other industry. He no:, only watched the 
march of events with :i warm interest an<l faith in 
the future of the Sunllower Stale, but in building 
up one of it« most creditable homestciids has con- 
tributed his full quota to bring about the welfare 
and prosperity of his .adopted county. He is now,, 
in possession of a well-tilled farm of one hnndreil 
and sixty acres, whereon he has effected good ini- 
provernents and is in a conditicni to rest upon his 
oars. 

Mr. Lambe, besides the |)roi)erly abjve men- 
tioned, owns another body of land on section 2.S, 
the homestead projier lying on section 2h, .-iiid 
both i're largel}- devoted t<j stock-raising. His 
native place was County Tyrone, Ireland, and the 
date of his birth September 2.5, 1830. He lived 
there until a youth of sixteen years, attending the 
common schools ami learning the art of agiicul- 
ture as conducted in the Emerald Isle. When a 
youth of sixteen years, desirous of bettering his 
condition, and seeing little pros|)ect of this upon 
his native soil, beset out with his father for .Vmer- 
ica, settling in Clinton County. III. He lived Iherc 
until a young man of twenty years, then emigrated 
to St. Louis. Mo., anil for ten years there ifirr 
had charge of an omnibus line. At the expiration 
of this time, tired of city life, he returned to Clin- 
ton County, III., and eng.aged in farming. He 
sojourned there until coming to Kansas in Is7(i. 
In this State he tirst took up his abode in .Mont- 
gomery- County, but only lived there about one 
year, removing the following spring to Sumner 
County. He pre-empted one hundred and sixt^- 
acres of land on section 2><. where lie est.-iblisheil 
his abiding place and has since remained. 

Mr. Linibe after coining to this St.ate was inar- 

I ried in Coffey ville, Montgomery County. .Vpril 21. 

1871. to -Miss Mary Sproul. The lady was born 

in Pike County, III., .Iiiiie 10. in:,i. Tl:e result of 

this union was live chihlien. who bear the nam 's 

respectively of Ch.-irles 11.. William .1.. Nettie, 

Maggie and .Vrinour C., .Ir. Mr. Lambe w:ls in 

I St. Louis, Mo., during the progress of the Civil 

i War, and w.as idenlilied with the Home Ciiards. 



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Upon becoming a votiny citizen, Mr. Lamlie 
identified liimself witli the Democratic party, of 
which he has since ln'cn a uniform supporter. 
Recognizing his ability and sound sense, the Demo- 
crats of this county nominated him in 1881 to 
represent them in the State Legislature, and ten- 
dered him the same compliment in 1889. The 
party being in the minority, he was defeated with 
the balance of his ticket. He has officiated as 
Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace for a 
period of six years. Mr. and Mrs. Lambe are 
prominently identified with the Christian Church, 
in whose welfare and advancement they take an 
active interest. 

The father of our subject was John Larabe. also 
a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and a farnur 
by occupation. After coming to this country he 
prosecuted farming in Clinton County, 111., where 
lie died. 

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\tl EWIS A. SALTER. The legal profession 
I /^ of this county embraces many able men, 
jlL^i and among them may be properly num- 
bered Mr. Salter, who is a prominent citizen of 
Aigonia. and in the enjoyment of a thriving busi- 
ness. He is a young man still, just having pa-ssed 
the thirty-second year of his age. having been born 
January 7, 1858. His native place was in the vi- 
cinity of Marshall, Calhoun County. Mich. His 
parents were Melville J. and Sarah Elizabeth 
(Hinkle) Salter, natives respectively of New York 
and Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Da- 
vid N. Salter, was a native of Vermont, a farmer 
by occupation, and spent the closing j'ears of bis 
life in Michigan. 

Melville J. Salter sought the State of Michigan 
in early manhood and was there married. He con- 
tinued a resident of the State until February, 
1871, coming then to Kansas and locating in Jseo- 
sha County. Later he removed to Bourbon County, 
settling at Pawnee Station, where he now lives, en- 
gaged in the mercantile business with two of his 
sons. The latter and Lewis A. comprise tiie house- 
hold circle. The elder .Salter was Register of the 
I'nited States Land Office at Independence for 



about eight years, during which time the famil}' 
liveil at Lidependence. The father of our subject 
was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1874, and 
again in 1S76 of Kansas. 

The subject of this sketch was the eldest born of 
his parents, and pursued his early studies in the 
common schools of his native township. After 
the removal of the family to Kansas, he entered the 
State Agricultural College at Manhattan, from wliirli 
after a three years' course, he was gradimted in 
1879. Subsequently for two years be employed 
himself on his father's farm. 

Our subject, Lewis A., subsequently removed to 
Cherry ^'ale and engaged in tiie hardware trade 
with Messrs. Carson <fe Baldwin. In 1882. he re- 
moved to Argonia and opened a hardware estab- 
lishment with the same gentlemen, they operating 
under the firm name of Carson, Baldwin iV: Saltei'. 
A }-ear later Messrs. Carson & Baldwin sold out their 
interest to Mr. U. Kinsey, and under the tirin name 
of Salter >t Kinsey the business was conducted un- 
til the fall of 1885. Mr. Salter then sold out and 
emliarked in the real estate and insurance business, 
in the meantime improving his leisure hours in 
the reading of law. and was admitted to the bar in 
1887. He has been successful in both in his |)rac- 
ticc and his otlier interests, and is the owner of two 
hundred acres of valuable land, one and one half 
miles southwest of Argonia, where his residence 
now is. 

The marriage of Lewis A. S.alter and Miss Su 
Siinnah M., daughter of Oliver and Terrissa A. 
Kinsey, occurred at Silver Lake, Shawnee County. 
this State, in September, 1880. ]\Irs. Salter was born 
in 1860, in Ohio, and was given a good education, 
developing at an early age uncommon brightness 
and intelligence. She is a lady who has read e.x- 
tensively and keeps herself well informed upon all 
the leading topics of the da}'. She sympathizes 
entirely with her husband in his political views, 
being with him a stanch Republican with prohibi- 
tion tendencies. She became so thoroughly inter- 
ested in the well-being of the city of Argonia that 
she was considered fully competent to stand at the 
head of the municipal affairs, and in the spring of 
1887 was elected Mayor, serving her term of one 
year acceptablj- and with great credit. She was 




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the first lady holding this position in the Slate of 
Kansas, and it was considered a great triumph for 
her sex, she receiving letters of congratulation 
from all over the world. ^Ir. ."waiter has always 
been an active politician, prominent in his party, 
and is frequently sent as a delegate to the county 
and State conventions. In Neoslia County he was 
a member of the school board, and in (Sumner 
County) City Clerk and Notary Public. He was 
the M.ister Workman in the A. O. l'. W., Argonia 
Lodge, No. 171. in which he has hebl many other 
offices, lie and his estimable wife are members in 
good standing of llie Haplist Church, in which Mr. 
Salter has officiated as clerk and trustee. 

There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Salter 
five interesting children, viz.: Clarence E., Francis 
Argonia, who w.-is the first child born in the city; 
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AMIKL BUTTHRWORTII is one of the 
loading farmers of Oxford Township, where 
he owns a valuable farm of four hunflred 
acres, his residence being on section 31. 
He was born in England, April 14, 183,3, and when 
nine years of age was brought to the I'nited .States 
by his father, (louthcr Butterworth, who settled in 
Pequanick, near Biidgeporl, Conn., where he it 
mained about four years. They then removed to 
Fall River, Mass., where our subject remainerl 
seven years, his next place of residence being 
.Shirley, whence he came West to Illinois, settlin;^ 
on a farm in DeWitt County. The father lefl 
Massachusetts in 184!t, and went to California. 
where he died. 

Samuel Butlorwortli, of whom we write, made 
his home in DeWilt County. III., until 1871. tliouj;li 
he had spent some time in Canada. In that coun 
try, on March 16, 1874, he was united in marriage 
with Mrs. Mary K. Alyea, anil came at once to this 
county, where he had purchased a farm a few 
months before. When Mr. Butterworth pur- 
chased the place it was in almost its primitive con 
dition, and he has ()ut u|)on it the fences and other 




improvements that arc expected of an enterprising 
farmer, and has so cultivated and conducted it that 
he now has one of the finest fartns in tlie south- 
western [lart of the township. 

Mrs. lUilterworlh was born in County Prince 
Kdward. Canada, December 31, 18.51, and is a 
daughter of .lames and Saiali (Abrams) Cum- 
uiings. Her father w.as born in Ireland, an<l her 
mother in Rome, N. Y., their home after marriage 
being in Canada, where their daughter also resided 
until her marri.ige to her present husband. Mr. 
and Mis. Butterworth have one son, .lames S. 
i^arah Alyea. the daughter of Mrs. Butterworth and 
her first husband, is now the wife of Charles Brant, 
of this townshi)). 

Intil recently Mr. Butterworth belonged to the 
Republican party, but he is, now in sympathy with 
free trade. He has been Trustee of the .School 
District for four years, and his continuance in 
office is proof of his fitness for the position. He is 
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
while his wife belongs to the Friends' Church. 
Both receive their due mea.sure of respect from 
their associates therein, as well as from the com- 
munity in general. 

A lithographic portrait of Mr. Butterworth may 
he found on another page of this volume. 



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EWIS J. MATSON. the i>op«lar liveryman 
i.jj, of Argonia. established himself at his prc- 
^ sent hetidquarteis in August. 1889, with a 
fair outlook for the future. He Is well-to-do. finan- 
cially, owning a good farm in Morris Township, and 
may be properly cbissed among the leading citizens 
of his town. He was born March '2>j. 1844. in Ohio, 
and was the seventh in a family of nine children, 
the offspring of James and Mary (Kels) .Matron, 
the former of whom departed this life at his home 
in Pcnn.sylvania. in 1854. and the latter died in 
Nebraska, in 1881. Seven of their chibl.en are 
still living, located in Nebraska. Pennsylvania, and 
Kansas. 

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the Buckeye State, whence he removed to New 
York State, sojourning there one year, and from 
there went to Bradfurd County'. Pa. The parents 
wi're married in New York State. The mother was 
a native of Vermont, and descended from a sub- 
stantial Dutch family, who settled in New .Jersey. 
Young Matson commenced -'paddling his own 
canoe" at the age of fifteen years. He worked on 
a farm and chopped cord wood until the outbreak 
of the Civil War. then made two separate attempts 
to enter tlie army, both of which were failures. l)e- 
cause of his youtii in one instance, and the negli- 
gence of a mustering oflicer in the other. In 1863, 
however, he succeeded in getting into the Pennsyl- 
vania Stale Militia, for a term of three months, and 
finally in September, i8Gl, lie enlisted in Company 
K, Second New Y''ork Cavalry, as a recruit. This 
regiment operated in the Shenandoah Valley, and 
assisted in flgiiting the famous battle of Winchester 
the day before Mr. Matson joined it. He served 
under Gen. Phil Sheridan in tlie lamented Gen. Cus- 
ter's Division, going on several scouting expedi- 
tions. He served under Custer until April, 1865, 
and in all the engagements under that dashing com- 
mander. At the battle of Five Forks he was 
wounded through the left knee by a minie ball. 
At the field hos[)ital near Dinwiddle court house, 
he submitted to amputation of the left leg above 
the knee. He was then conveyed to City Point, 
thence to Harwood hospital near Washington, from 
tliere to Lincoln hospital at Washington, and thence 
back to Harwood. whore he received his honorable 
discharge, September 2, I860. 

Returning now to Bradford County, Pa., Mr. 
Matson sojourned there one year, then selling his 
farm, removed to Muscatine, Iowa. He lived there 
on a farm one year, then changed his residence to 
Mercer County, Mo., where he remained ten years, 
louring this time he took charge of a stock of tin- 
ware for another party, adding a stock of groceries 
himself, and carried on this business forsome time, 
returning then to his farm. 

In March, 1877, Mr. Matson first struck the soil 
of Kansas, and secured a tract of lar.d on section 8, 
Morris Township, this county. He occupied this 
until August, 1889, then renting his farm, estab- 
lished himself in his present business in Argonia. 



He was married on the 8th of January, 1864, to Miss 
.lulia Ann, daughter of George and Eliza (Fox) 
Locke. Mr. Locke was a carpenter by trade, which 
he followed in Bradford County, Pa., until his 
death .September 11, 18.51. There were born to 
him and his excellent wife, three children, only one 
of whom is living, Mrs. Matson. She was born 
April 26. 1846, in Bradford County, Pa., and was 
left fatherless five years later, Mr. Locke dying in 
IS;') I. The mother subsequently married Isaiah 
Carr, and is now a resident of Kansas. Miss Julia 
Ann remained with her mother until her marriage, 
which took place in Bradford County, Pa. Seven 
children have been born of her union with our sub- 
ject, five of whom are living. The eldest, George 
L., is operating his father's farm; Willis A. lives 
with his parents; Marian E. is the wife of Simon 
Dobson, and lives in Argonia; EInora is the wife 
of Joseph Varner. and they also live on the home 
farm; Cora is with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mat' 
son belong to the Christian Advent Church, in which 
Mr. Matson is a Class-Leader. He is also a Master 
Workman in the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men,a member of the Grange, and the Grand Army 
of the Republic, at Argonia, in the latter of which 
he has been surgeon and Senior Vice Commander. 
He voles the straight Republican ticket, although 
conservative in his ideas. He has officiated as Road 
Overseer in his district, and as a member of the 
school board. 

The deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Matson 
are: Harry, who died in Missouri when one year 
old, and Cecil Clay, who died at the home farm in 
this county in 1886. in his fourth year. 



^^=^ ALE S. DOWIS. general merchant, of Perth, 
III established himself in business here in 1883, 

^^Jj and by his good management and strict at- 
tention to business details, has built up a lucrative 
and steadily increasing patronage. He is a gentle- 
man just past the fifty-fourth year of his age, hav- 
ing been born December 12, 1835, and his native 
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ccsti'v from nway back were Soiitlicriiers. Ilia 
father. Rol)ert Dowis, was born in Simtli Carulinn, 
wiience lie emiijriUiMl to the Blui' (Jnss Stale with 
liis- parents when a chiiil. Tiie faiiiil}' were among 
the earliest settlers of Knox County, where the 
father followed farniintr and died at the early age 
of forty-one years. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was also 
a native of South Carolina and lived to the ail-' 
vancecl age of ninety years, spending his last days 
in Knox County, Ky. Robert Dowis was married 
in early manhood to Miss Nancy Steele, who was 
born in N'irginia and who is now living in Knox 
County, K}'., at the age of eiglity-eiglit years. She 
is a daughter of William and Annie Steele, who 
were likewise natives of the Old Dominion. To 
her and her husljand were born a family of nine 
children, viz.: Martha. Helen. .lackson. Gale S., 
Jasper, Franklin, Elizabeth, Robert and Dallas. 

The subject of this notice was the fourth child 
of his parents and was reared in his native county, 
although he attended school for a time in Tennes- 
see. I'pon approaching manhood be wasoccui)ied 
in various pursuits until the outbreak of the Civil 
War when, on the 2(ith of August, If^Gl, he enlisted 
as a soldier in the L'ni<m army, being then twenty- 
six j'Cars old. He was assigned to Company I, 
.Seventh Kentucky Infantry, served as Sergeant 
until .lanuary. 1802, was thru promot.d to be Sec- 
ond Lieutenant and at the end of two months was 
again promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, in 
which position he served until May, 1 861, wlun 
he was promoted to the tank of Captain. He was 
discharged from the service on the 5th of October, 
IKGl, liy reason of the expiration of term of ser- 
vice. He participated in the seigc of Vicksbnrg 
and various other engagements. After leavinir the I 
army he returned to his native county, sojourning , 
there until 18()5. 

In the year above mentioned Mr. Dowis turned ■ 
his face toward the country west of the Mississippi, ; 
removed lo Jackson County. Mo., where he .so- I 
joiinu'd until 1S83. In the meantime he was mar- I 
ried, March 17, 1807, in .lackson County, to Miss j 
Betty H. Dupuy. This lady w.as born in Shelby 1 
County, Ky., in 184."), and by her union with our 
subject became the mother of four chihlrcn, viz: \ 



Nellie, Cora, Robert and Albert. Robert died in 
infancy : Nellie is married and living in Guthrie. 
Oklahoma; Com and Albert are at home. Mr. 
Dowis was not quite twenty-one years old upon the 
organization of the Republican party, but he en- 
dorsed its principles and has remained its loyal ad- 
herent. 



J"' KSSF A. BIRNKITK. attorney-atlaw in the 
I city of Caldwell, and who is making for bim- 
' self a good record among his brethren of the 
legal profession, is a gentleman still young in 
years, having been born May 20. 18.J9. His native 
place w.as Cocke County, Tenn., to which his father, 
James B. .S. Burnette, removed in boyhood, living 
there until December. 1809. That year he set out for 
the Far West and located in P'rcmont County. 
Iowa, where he sojourned until 1874. He then re- 
moved lo Atchison County, Mo., where he now 
resides. He was born in Buucomb Count}-, N. C., 
in 1824, and h.as followed farming all his life. He 
served in the Confederate army during the late 
Civil War in an F.ast Tennessee Regiment. With- 
out making any great stir iu the world, he has pur- 
sued the even tenor of his way as a i)eaceab|e and 
law-abiding citizen and is a member in good stand- 
ing of the Baptist Church. The paternal grand- 
father of Jlr. Burnette. William by name, was also 
a native of North Carolina and the son of a hero 
of the Revolution. 

Mrs. Rebecca (Young) Burnette, the mother of 
our subject, was born in Cocke County, Tenn.. of 
parents who were North Carolinians by birth. One 
of iier grandfathers served in the Continental army 
and met his death on the battle-fieM at King's 
Mouulain. Mrs. Burnette is sixty-three years old. 
The parental family consisted of twelve children, 
of whom Jesse A. was the seventh in llie order of 
birth. His boyhoo<l days were s|)eiit in his native 
county until he was eleven years of age. when he 
accompnnicfl his parents, Brst in their removal to 
Iowa and then to Missouri. He worked on a farm 
aniil .attended the common schools until approach- 
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Amity College, College Springs, Iowa. He utilized 
the knowledge which he had acquired in teaching 
school and employed his spare moments in reading 
law. In the latter he made such good progress that 
in the spring of 1885 he was admitted to the bar 
in Atchison County, Mo. 

Soon after entering the ranks of the legal profes- 
sion young Bnrnette repaired to Mobectie, the 
county-seat of Wheeler County-, Tex., where he 
commenced the practice of his profession and 
taugiit school one year. At the expiration of this 
lime, leaving the Lone Star Stale, he came to this 
county and located in Caldwell, opening an office, 
and has since given his attention to the duties of 
his i)rofession. He has served as City Attorney 
three terms and is evidently on the highwa}- to 
prosperity . being in the enjoyment of a lucrative 
[u-actiee and able from time to time to Lay up some- 
thing for a rainy day. He is a working member of 
t!ie Republican party, and is identified with the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern 
Woodmen of America. 

The marriage of Mr. liurnette with Miss Kale 
Pursel was celel)rated at the bride's home in Atch 
ison County, Mo., Blay 20, 1886. Mrs. Bnrnette 
was born in that country October 20, 1803, and is a 
daughter of Alex and Annie Pursel, who are now 
residents of Atchison County, Mo. Two daugliters 
liave been born of tliis unicm, named, respectively, 
Imogen and Emma. 



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JELSON SMITH. One of the finest stock 
' farms in .laekson Township has been de- 
veloped and inijiroved by Mr. Smith .and 

is (■Iigibl3- located where it is amply watered by 
Iwo branches of Shoo Fly Creek — tliis creek being 
fell by springs and during the coldest weather has 
nivcr been known to liave its current interrupted 
liy ihe formation of ice. In the industry to which 
Mj-. Smitli devotes the most of his time and atten- 
tion, heh.as been very successful ami slii|)s annually 
numbers of cattle and hogs. 

A native of the Buckeye State. Mr. Smitli was 



born in Chillicothe. Ross County, March 7, 1833, 
and is the son of Jacob and Eliza (Hanes) Smith, 
til J former a native of New York State and the 
latter of Ross County, Ohio. Jacob Smith, when 
a young man emigrated to Ohio and was there 
married. He purchased a tract of land near Del- 
jihi, Ross County, where he prosecuted farming 
u.itil his death, in 1838. The mother had also died 
several years prior to the decease of her husband 
and the latter married a second time. Five chil- 
dren were subsequently eared for bj- the stepmother, 
wlio kept the 'araily together about three years and 
then Nelson went to live with his guardian, David 
Holderman, a farmer of Ross County, Ohio. 
Grandfather Frederick Hanes was a native of Ger- 
many and emigrated to America when a young 
m.nn, settling among the [lioneers of Ross County, 
Ohio. He took up a tract of timber land from 
which he cleared a farm and there spent the remain- 
der of his days. 

^'oung Smith attended school a part of each 
) ear during his boyhood and the balance of the 
time worked on the farm with his guardian until 
fourteen years old. He then entered the employ 
of his brother-in law, David Whetsel, with whom 
he remained for a i)eriod of seven years during 
which he was absent from his duties but three days. 
Mr. Whetsel was a stock dealer and there being no 
railroads young Smith assisted him in driving his 
cattle across the mountains to the Eastern markels. 
Upon one occasion he went to New York City with 
a drove of cattle. He had saved his earnings and 
when twenty-two years old had a snug little sum of 
money with which he went to Illinois and purchased 
laud in Macon Count3', two and one-half miles 
f:om Decatur, the county seat. Mr. Smith resided 
in Illinois until 1877. then, selling out, came to 
K.'uisas locating in this county, when the nearest 
lailroad station nas at Wichita. He had visited 
this region previously and purchased one hundred 
and sixty acres of land on the southeast quarter 
of section 22, Jackson Township. There were fif- 
teen acres broken, but no buildings. Mr. Smith 
rented a house near by in which he resided with 
his family one and one-half years, then put up a 
dwelling on his own land, which he h.as since occu- 
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Ill's lalior.s, lie added to his landed possessions and 
is now the owner of three hundred and twenty 
acres, all fenced and improved with modern build- 
ings. He is luiw enjoying the fruits of his industry 
and feels well repaid for the toils and sacrifices 
which he endured when settling upf)n what was 
very nearly ap()roaching the frontiei-. 

The marriage of Nelson Smith and Miss Susanna 
May was celebrated at the bride's homo in Ross 
County, Ohio, September G, \Hi)o. Tiieir union 
has been blest by the birth of five children: Frank, 
licman, Chancey. ^Maggie and Clara. Mrs. Smith 
was liorn in (Ireen Townshi|), Ross County, Ohio, 
and is the daughter of Francis and 15arbara (Betzer) 
May, who were likewise natives of Ross County, 
Ohio. It is believed that the paternal grandfather. 
George Ma^-, was born in Germanj' and if so, he 
emigrated to America at a very early day and was 
reared in lVnii>ylvania. He was among the earliest 
l)ioneers of Ross County, where he cleared a farm 
and spent the remainder of his life. Francis May 
was rearerl in his native I'ounty where, upon reach- 
ing man's estate he |)urchased an improved farm, 
which he lived upon until 1H58. Then removing 
to Macon County. 111., he settled in Decatur where 
he resided until his death, about 18S7. The mother 
of Mrs. Smith was the daughter of William IJetzcr. 
a native of Pennsylvania and of (lernian ancestry. 
He likewise was a |)ioneer of Ross County. Ohio, 
and died there. His d:iiighter, Barbara, w.as taught 
in her girliiood to card wool and fiax, also to spin 
and weave and made her home with her parents 
until her marriage. She spent her last days in 
Decatur, III., pa.«sing away prior to the decease of 
her husband. Mrs. .Smith remained with her imr- 
ents until her mariiage. 



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^1 RA M. VICKKRY. In noting the leading 
11 farmers and stock-raisers of Walton Township, 
[1' Mr. Vickery is deserving of special mention. 
He has by a course of plodding industry and good 
management become one of the leading land-own- 
ers of this section, holding the vvarranty deeils to 



eight hundred acres lying in the counties of Cow. 
ley and Sumner, his residence being on the Indian 
Territory line. Me came to this county in IKH.l 
and commenced operations uixin his present estate, 
which has yichled bountiful returns, rendering the 
owner |)raclically independent. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Oswego 
County, N. Y.. November 2, I83«. and is the son 
of William and Hannah L. (Manwarren) Vickery. 
both ako natives of the ICmpire State and the latter 
born in Oswego County. William Vickery lived 
in that count}' from a child of four 3'ears, until 
1857, when he set out for the far West, settling in 
Doniphan County in 1858, before Kansas was .id- 
mitted into Ihernicm as a State. Taking up land, 
he prosecuted farming successfully, becoming well- 
to-do and leaving an estate valued at ^10,000. His 
death took place in 1865 when he was sixty-two 
years old. He was for many years a member of 
the Christian Churcli. 

The mother of our subjec't was born in 1810 
and is still living, making her home with our 
subject. Her father, John Manwarren, likewise a 
native of New York State, served as a soldier in 
the War of 1812, and his father, carried a musket 
an behalf of the Colonists in the Revolutionary 
War. To William and Hannah Vickery there was 
born a fiunily of eight chihlren. namely : Fanny L., 
Ira M.. William M.. Lucy A., Hannah A., William 
]•].. F.illie II. and Frank. Four of these are living 
and located in Colorado and Kans.as. 

The subject of this sketch was the second child 
of his parents and was reared on the farm in Os- 
wego County. N. Y. He attemlcl the common 
schools and later Falley Seminary, and at an early 
asjc was trained to those habits of industry and 
frugality which have probably been the secret of 
his success in life. He came to Kan.sas Territory 
with the family in 1857, workini; still with his 
father until after the outbreak of the Civil War. 
That same year he joined the army, enlisting as a 
private in Company A. Seventh Kansas Cavalry, 
and served with the Sixteenth Army Corps in 
Missouri. Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky. Alabama 
and Mississippi. He maintained his )K>sition in 
the ranks until the close of the confiict. escaping 
wounds and imprisonment and received his honor- 



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able discharge at Ironton. Mo., July 20, 1865, on 
account of disabilities from a horse falling on him. 
After retiring from the service Sir. Vickery re- 
turned to Doniphan County, this State, remaining 
tliere until lemovingto his present liomestead. lie 
gives his entire attention to farming and stock- 
raising. Aside from his membership with the 
Church of God. he is not identified with any organ- 
ization, social, religious or political, not even cast- 
ing his vote for President. On 'the 30th of .lanuary. 
1866, Mr. Vickery was united in marriage with 
Miss Georgia A. Smith. This lady was born in 
Randolph County, Ala., in 1 847, and is the daughter 
of David D. and Sarah H. (Thrasher) Smitli of that 
State. Mr. N'ickery formetl tlie acquaintance of 
his wife in Alabama during the war. There have 
been born to them si.\ children, viz.: Clara J., 
Minnie L., Ivan W., Willie M, Jesse A. and Nannie 
E. Clara J. and Jesse A. died at the ages of three 
years and fourteen months respectively. 



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\f, RA T. GABBERT, M. D.. one of the ablest 
phj'sicians and surgeons of Caldwell, aside 
from occupying a higli position in the medical 
profession, is also numbered among the business 
men of this plate. He is intelligent and progress- 
ive ill his ideas, a man who keeps himself thoroughly 
posted upon leading events and for wliom is pre- 
dicted a career of more than ordinary- success. He 
was born Decembers, 1852, in the town of Weston, 
Platte County, Mo., and is the son of William and 
Frances (Hamner) Gabbert. William Gabbert was 
born in Warren Countj-, Ky., about 1816. 

The father of our subject when a young man 
removed to Soutiiern Indiana, sojourning there 
until aliout 1840. Thence he emigrated across the 
Mississippi to Platte County, Mo., where he still 
resides. He has followed agricultural pursuits the 
most of his life, accnmulaiing a large property, and 
is now retired from active labor, wiih the exception 
of occupying himself as a money-loaner. He is an 
active member of the Christian Cluuch. contribut- 
ing liberally of his means to fuilhcr the cause of 



the Master. Politically, he is a sound Republican 
and sociallj-, belongs to the Free and Accepted 
Masons and Modern Woodmen of America, of 
which he is Examining Physician. 

Mrs. Frances (Hamner) Gabbert, the mother of 
our subject was born in Virginia about 1818, and 
is still living. The parental family included eight 
children. Ira T. being the fifth in order of birth. 
He was reared in his native town, receiving a 
collegiate education. In 1878 he began reading 
medicine under the instruction of Dr. J. W. Martin, 
of Weston and subsequenllj' attended three courses 
of lectures in Jefferson Medical College, Philade!- 
ptiia, from which in 1882. he was graduated with 
high honors. He began the practice of his profes- 
sion in Kansas City, Mo., but a j'oar later came to 
this count}', establishing himself in Caldwell of 
which he has since been a resident. His close 
attention to business gained him the esteem and 
confidence of iiis fellow-citizens and he soon found 
himself in the midst of a lucrative Inisiness. In 
ad<lilion to this he conducts a thriving drug store, 
of which he became part owner in 188G and sole 
proprietor in the si)ring of 1889. He has also 
dealt largely in real estate. As a member of the 
Knights of Pythias he has taken the Uniformcil Rank 
degree, and in j olities is a straight Ucpubliean. 

Dr. Gabbert was mairied in Gap, Lancaster 
County. Pa.. October 2, 1889, to Miss Elizabeth 
Slaymaker. This lad}" was born in Lancaster 
Count}", Pa., in 1860 and is the daughter of John 
and Elizabeth Slaymaker, who were likewise natives 
of the Keystone State and the mother is still living 
at Gap, Pa. Tlie father died at Williamstown 
aliout 1875. 

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vO.SEPH M. JOHNSON, a prominent citizen 
' of Creek Township, is the [jroprietor of one 
' of the finest homes within its limits, and is 
i^g/' apparently surrounded with all the good 
things of life. He has been more than ordinarily 
successful as an agriculturist, and is considerably 
interested in sheep-raising, an industry which he 
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(tistric-l,s of Llie Smillcjwcr Suic. Tlie t-iiieur of Mr. 
.luliiisun has been cmiiK'iitly crcdiliibU' U) him as a 
mail and a citizen, but liiat periiaiis upon wiiich he 
prides iiinisi-lf most is the faet tliat diiiinir Hie late 
t'ivil War lie was a brave and gallant sohlier of liie 
I'liion Army. In viewing the wealth and pros- 
perity of this great country, he justly feels that he 
was one of the humble instrumen's in preserving 
toiler her continued prosperity and standing among 
the iKilions. 

('i)ining of substantial Pennsylvania stock. Mr. 
.'•■Iiiison was himself a native of the Kej-stone 
Sl;ite, and born in Fayette County, December 21, 
1M:{2. lie acquired a practical education in the 
common-schools, and at an early age developed the 
independence of character which has made him a 
successful man in life. He left home bef(U-e reach- 
in his majority, emigrating to Delaware Count}', 
Iowa, and was there employed on a farm the 
greater part of the year. lie then returned to his 
native .State, sojourning there and engaging in 
in farming mostly until 1858. He had, however, 
learned the tanner's traile, at which he worked a 
part of the time. During the year last mentioned, 
he went to La.Salle County. III., but in 1859, re- 
tnrneil to Pennsylvania, remaining there until after 
the outbreak of the Civil War. 

On the 27th of August, 1861, Mr. .lohnson sig- 
nalized his patriot'sm by enlisting as a I'nion 
soldier in Company J. Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania 
Infantry. When the organization of the regiment 
was completed, the "boys in bine" were sent to 
Washington Cit}' and attached to the Army of the 
Potomac, which was then under the command of 
Oen. McClcllan. Mr. Johnson took part in the 
battle of Williamsburg, the siege of Vorktown and 
the tights at Savage .Station, Seven Pines, Jones' 
Ford an<l Black Water. Later, in North Caroliii.i, 
he met the enemy at Southwest Creek, Kniston, 
Whitehall, Cioldsboro. the sieges of Morris Island 
:.nd Fls. Wagner and Gregg, ami was at White 
.Marsh Island in Ga.. Gloucester Point, \a., Hiii 
iiiuda Hundred and in the skirmish near the Rich 
mt>nd A- Petersburg Railroad. 

At Richmond. Mr. Johnson was wounded in tht- 
thigh by a minie ball, and sent lo the general 
hospital at Fortress .Monroe. On the .'JOth of 



.Vugiisl. IM";!. he was wouniled in the face aiifl 
breast by a shell, one piece of vvhicli he still carries 
ill his breast. lie entered the service as a private, 
and w.as first promulcrl to Orderly .Sergeant. On 
the 4tli of .March, 18G:i. he was tendereil the com- 
mission of .Second Lieutenant. After his wounds 
were healed, he returned to his regiment and served 
the balance of his lime in the army as Regimental 
Quarlcrinaster. He was given an honorable dis- 
charge November 22. 18(;4. 

Returning now to IVnnsylvaiiia. Mr. .lohnson 
sojourned there until I 86'.). That year he came to 
this .State, settling first on a farm in Waubansee 
Township. In 1871 he came to this county. local 
ing first in Palestine Township, where he lived 
eight years. His next removal, in 18711, was to 
Creek Township, of which he has since remained a 
resident. His farm embraces two hundred acres of 
thoroughly-cultivated land with all the modern im- 
provements. The residence, a well-built and con- 
venient structure, was erected in 1885. Mr John- 
son li.as given considerable attention to fruit grow- 
ing, having an orchard of 80 apple trees, 50 cherrj- 
trees, .'50 pears, and 1.000 peach trees, besides the 
smaller fruits, and he gives considerable attention 
to stock-raising. 

Mr. Johnson was lirst married November 10, 
1853, to Miss Margaret Diamond, and there were 
born to them three children, only two of whom are 
living. The daughter. Catherine Jane, is the wife 
of Frederick Rinehart. of Springdale Township, 
and they are the parents of eight children; William 
A. B. married Miss Myra Brown, is the father of 
two children, and lives in Riley County, this State. 
Mrs. Margaret .lohnson departed this life at her 
home in Illinois many years ago. Mr. .lohnson was 
again married .September 27. 1860. lo Miss Hannah, 
daughter of John and Sarah (Clovis) (ianoe. This 
l.aily w.is born Manh i;». 1838. in Fayette County, 
Pa. Her father was a native of lliat .stale, and her 
mother was born in Maryland; the father is 
deceased, and the mother resides in Pennsylvania. 

To Mr. Johnson and his present wife have been 
born twelve children, ten of whom are living. 
Martha K. is the wife of (Jeorge W. Lewis, of 
Ewell. and they have one child; Jesse K. is unmar- 
ried, and remains at home with his parents; Dessie 



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May is llie wife of William Dempsey, and they 
live five miles northeast of Conway Springs; Benja- 
min A., Phebe A., Sarah K., Qiiindora L., Mary 
E., Kate S. and Joseph E. sojourn under the 
parental roof. Mr. Johnson belongs to the Cum- 
berland Presbyterian Church, while his esiimablc 
wife is a Baptist in her religious views. Politically, 
Mr. Johnson supi)orts the principles of the Repub- 
lican parly. He is Trustee of Creek Township, 
serving his third term. He was Justice of the 
Peace for three terms, and is a member of the School 
Board, taking a warm interest in educational mat- 
ters, and having been a school official in Pennsyl- 
vania and other places where he has resided. 
Socially, he belongs to the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows at Milan, in which he has passed 
through all the Chairs, and is now Past Grand. 
He is also identified with the Grand Army of the 
Republic at Milan, in which he has been Senior 
Vice Commander. 

The parents of our sulijeet were Simon and Jane 
(Jefferys) Johnson, natives of Peimsylvania, and 
the father a farmer by occupation. The parents 
were reared and married in their native .State, where 
they spent their entire lives. The father diel in 
1853, at the age of fifty-Sve years, having been 
born in 1798. The mother was born April 2, 1805, 
and died in Pt-nnsylvania about 1880. Of the 
twelve children born to them, eight are now living, 
located mostl}- in Pennsylvania. Simon Johnson 
was a prominent man in his community, and served 
as a Justice of the Peace for many years. 



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'ifiOSEPH T. BRENEMAN, M.D. Among 
the old landmarks of Wellington may be 
numbered Dr. Breneman, who, as the result 
of a long and successful practice, has become 
fully established, both as a physician and a citizen. 
He does business at a well-equipped office on the 
corner of Washington and Harvey Avenues, and 
occupies a pleasant residence at No. 1028 South 
Washington. His (irofessional career has been sig- 
nalized by close study and extensive reading, re- 



sulting in a thorough understanding of the most 
modern and a|)proved methods adopted by the 
medical fraternitj- of the present day. 

Dr. Breneman was born twelve miles east of 
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, January 23, 1849, 
but when a boy of seven years, was taken by his 
parents to New iMiddletown, Mahoning County. 
He there developed into manhood, and completed 
his literary education. When a young man of 
twentj' years, he removed with the family to Iowa 
Countj-, Iowa, where the father took up new land 
and improved a homestead. Joseph T., after fol- 
lowing the profession of a teacher for a time, be- 
gan reading medicine under the instruction of Dr. 
W. W. Orris of Victor, Iowa, and later entered 
Bennett Medical College of Chicago, where he re- 
mained from 1872 until 1874. He commenced the 
practice of his jnofession at Morris, Iowa, remain- 
ing there until 1877. That year he entered the 
Iowa State universitj-, and took two full courses, 
being graduated on the 5th of March, 1879. He 
then resumed practice at Morris until the fall of 
that year, when he changed the Held of his opera- 
tions to Audubon, Iowa, where he sojourned four 
years, and conducted a drug store for three years, 
doing a good business. 

Dr. Breneman became a resident of Wellington 
in 1883, and for two 3'ears conducted a drug store 
here in connection with his practice. He now 
gives his entire attention to the latter, and has met 
with unqualified success. He was for a time a 
member of the Board of United States Pension 
Examiners under the administration of President 
Cleveland. Although a warm supporter of the 
Democratic party since becoming a citizen, he has 
never aspired to office. He is identified with the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights 
of Pythias. 

Dr. Breneman was first married in Iowa City, 
Iowa, to Miss Allace Ewing. She was the daughter 
of Frank Ewing. Of this union there was no issue. 
She departed this life at Salon, Iowa, May 16th, 
1877. 

On the 13th of May. 1883, Dr. Breneman was 
wedded to Miss Fanny Humptry, of West Union, 
Iowa. This lady was born in AVest Union, and is 
the daughter of William II. Huniptiy, a fanner by 



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occupnlion, and now dccoftsed. Tliis union resulted 
in the liirlli of tiirco cliildrcn — Fay Alice. Hazel 
and a hahe, George II. 'I'lie father of our subject 
was Christian li. Hreneman, who was born in Ma 
honing Cuunty. Ohio, in 181 1. He married Miss 
Mary A. Uobison and eng.iged in farming. In 
1«6'J. leaving the Buckeye .State, he removed to 
Iowa, and thence to Kansas in the spring of 1H8I. 
His dentil took place at his residence in Wellington. 
November 10. 1884; the mother is still living, and 
makes her home with the Doctor. 



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ICHAKL TROITMA.N. Ihc Stale of 
Illinois [)arted with a most excellent citi- 
zen in October, 1872, when Mr. Troutman 
left the fertile lands of Macon County, 
hoping for still better things in Kansas. He first 
settled in Avon Township, ufar Wellington, where 
he lived al)out two years, then removed to South 
Haven Townshi[), where he had seeureil possession 
of a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, upon 
which he removed, and where he continued to live 
until 1879. 'riien, selling out. he came to Harmon 
Township, and selected his present homestead on 
section 13. Here lie h.as erected good buildings, 
and operates largely as a stock dealer and feeder, 
reaping therefrom a comfortable income. 

Mr. Troutman w.as born in r'ullon County. Jn<l.. 
April 17. 18.^2, and lived there until a youth of 
seventeen years. He then went to Macon County', 
where he sojourned until coming to this State. He 
h.'is had a lifelong experience as an agriculturist. 
and enjoys nothing better than watching the grow- 
ing grain and gathering in the harvest. His farm, 
two hundred and sixty-two acres in extent, has all 
been brought to a good state of cultivation. »nd 
yields abundantly the rich crops of .Southern 
Kansas. 

One of the most interesting and important events 
in the life of our subject was his raarri.age in Ox- 
ford Township, April 20. 1h7(;. to .Miss Delilah 
Klder. This Indy was born in Kosciusco Coud^, 
Ind.. -Vpiil 1. I».'i7. and is the daughter of Lewis 



and Klizabcth (Firestone) Klder, who were natives 
of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Klder died in 
Kosciusco County. Ind.. about 18G0. The mother 
is still at the old Inline in Indiana. The parental 
househoM consisted of eight children, seven of 
whom are living. There have been born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Troutman five children, only one of whom 
is living, a .son, (leorgc II., who was born April 2G, 
1882, in Kansas. The deceased are Fayette, 
Joseph M., Veda and James K. Mrs. Troutman is 
a lady highly esteemed in her community, one who 
has been a devoted wife and mother, looking care- 
fully after the ways of her household, anil by her 
wise management, prudence and economy, has 
•assisted her husband materially in his struggles for 
a home and a competence. Mr. Troutman, politi- 
cally, supports the principles of the Democratic 
party, and has held the ollice of Township Trustee. 
The ))arents of our subject were Joseph and 
Pliebe (Clark) Troutman. natives of Kentucky and 
Indiana, and who are now residents of .South Haven 
Township, this county. 



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ARNEU A. ril.roN is one of the promi 



he is 
gen- 



UAK.NKIt A. Ill, ION is one Of the p 
nent business men of Oxford, where 
^J^^ engaged in the sale of clothing and 
tlemen's furnishing goods. His business establish- 
ment is furnished with a complete and well- 
assorted stock, and is conducted in a manner 
creditable to the business Iftct and energy of its 
owner, and on the principles of honorable dealing 
with all. .Mr. Tilton owns a fine farm of three 
lumdrcd and twenty acres in (Ireene Township, 
which he still supervi.ses. in addition to the nian- 
aijement of his excellent business in this city. 

The birth of our subject took place in Goshen, 
llainpshirc County, .Mass.. October 21. 1820, and 
he livcil in his native place until sixteen years old, 
attending the public schools and in intervals work- 
ing with his father, who wa.-i a tanner and farmer. 
In 18:^6 the family removed to Ilawley, and two 
years later to .South Deerfield, Franklin County. 
Youii'' Tilton finished his education at North 



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Hampton, and wlien about of age left the parental 
roof and started in life for himself, occupying his 
time in teaching and tanning. He finally went into 
the business of manufacturing buttons and doing 
all kinds of turning and sawing at South Deerticld, 
continuing in this business until 1852. He then 
went to California, via Cape Horn, and engaged in 
lanching and mining. At Grass Valley, Nevada 
County, he carried on his mining work, and at 
Iowa City, Placer County, conducted his search 
for the precious metal. After four years spent in 
these employments he went to Sacramento, where 
f(n- about eighteen mouths he dealt in wood and 
coal. He then returned to the occupation of rain- 
iiio-. working in various parts of the State until 
18G0, when he returned home via tlie Isthmus of 
Panama. 

After some time spent in farming at liis former 
place of abode, Mr. Tilton removed to Toledo, 
Ohio, and engaged in the milk business and tobacco 
o-rowing. In 1877 he left the Buckeye State to 
become a resident of Kansas, and having purchased 
a farm which was almost entirely in its primitive 
condition, he set about its improvement and cul- 
tivation. He erected good buildings, brought the 
soil to a fine state of productiveness, and now has 
as fine a farm as one could desire. After living 
upon the rural estate for six years, Mr. Tilton 
came to tliis ))lace, and with his son, C. G., opened 
a dry-goods and grocery establishment, but not 
lono- after clianged to the line of trade which he 
has conducted during the past five years. 

Mr. Tilton is descended from one of thiee 
brothers who emigrated from Devonshire. Eng- 
land, in 1G60, and who settled in Martha's Vine- 
yard, N. H., and New Jersey respectively. From 
the New Jersey settler descended Theodore Tilton. 
From the Martha's Vineyard branch descended 
Salathiel Tilton, the grandfatlier of our subject, 
who was born on tlie Island. His son, Benjamin 
15 father of our subject, was born in Goshen, 
Mass., October 20, 1796. He learned the trade of 
a tanner, and alwaj'S made his home in the old Bay 
State, being gathered to his fathers in October, 
1876, when he lacked but a few days of being 
ei<'htv years old. His wife bore the maiden name 
of" Clymena Warner, and she was born in 1802. 



and died in 1847 of consumption. Slie was a 
daughter of Capt. Warner, who took part in the 
first fighting done by A'ermont during the Revolu- 
tion, and in after years settled in Williamsburg, 
Hampshire County, Mass , his occupation lieing 
tliat of a farmer. Tlie parents of our subject 
reared three children. 

Tlie marriage of our suljject took place in June, 
1843, in South Deerfield, Mass., his bride being 
Miss Harriet N., riaugliter of Col. Zebediah 
Graves, wiioso cliaracter and acquirements well 
fitted lier for tlie duties of wife and mother. Their 
union has resulted in the birth of four children — 
Tlieressa M. is now tlie wife of Mr. Cole, of 
Glei! St. Mary, Fla.; C. G. is engaged in general 
merchandising in this city; Mrs. Flora A. Dewey 
lives in Avondale, Ala.; Edward AV. resides in 
Tacoma, Wash. 

BIr. Tilton is not an aspirant for political honors, 
and takes no interest in political affairs, except in 
so far as to exercise the elective franchise, and iiis 
vote is given to the Union Labor part}'. He is a 
man highly spoken of by ail who know him, for his 
business integrity and ability, his good principles 
and his kindly nature. 




EORGE W. CLARK, proprietor of the Wel- 
lington Carriage Works, is an old resident 
^ of Sumner County, to which he came in 
January, 1871, the first settlement in this county 
having been made the preceding fall. Although 
identified with the history of this countj' at so early 
a date, Mr. Clark has not been a continuous resi- 
dent. He is one of those gallant soldiers who en- 
tered the Union array soon after the breaking out 
of the Rebellion, and spent several of his best years 
in the service of his country, receiving various 
injuries, but ever faithful to the cause he loved. 

Mr. Clark was born at Coshocton, Ohio, Septem- 
ber 18, 1840, and v.hile quite young accompanied 
his parents to New Philadelphia, where he remained 
till seventeen years old. He then went to Fairfiehl, 
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pose of learni-.ig the trado. After sojoiiniing lliere 
two years he went to Burlington, and tlic war hav- 
ing l)rol\en onl, enlisted in Company I, SixUi Iowa 
Infantry, liis enrollment l:iking place .June 17, 
1801. 

The coiiiniand lo wiiieli Mr. C'huU hcloiiged w.as 
sent to Mi.s.sQuri, with Cien. Fremont as their leader 
under .Sherman. They then went to Shiloh, where 
Mr. Clark participated in the first eng.igement, and 
subsequently took part in the battles of Corinth, 
Holly Springs. Memphis. A'ieksburg, Jackson 
(Miss), Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, and the 
various combats [)reeeding the taking of Atlanta, 
thence accomjwnying Sherman on his inarch to the 
sea. and being mustered out after having served a 
little more than three and a half years. The first 
wound which he received was at Jones' Ford, Miss., 
on the Black Hiver, in Jul}', 180.'3, from the effects 
of which he was sent from the field hospital to Pa- 
ducah. K}'. While forming the part of the right 
wing at Atlanta, on the 27tli of July, 1864, he was 
again wounded, the injury bcingsulliciently serious 
to detain him in the hospital for some time. The 
explosion of a shell at Dall.a.s caused i)artial deaf- 
ness of each ear. and an injury received at Giis- 
woldvillc, Ga., caused his discharge. 

After being mustered out of the service Mr. 
Clark went to I'ittsburg, Pa., and being desirous 
of enlarging his fund of information ancl knowl- 
edge, attinilcd school there for a year. In 1867 
he came to this State, and eng.aged in blacksmith- 
ing at .Salina, where he remained until 18C9. He 
then removed to Hays City, and took a contract 
io furnish wood for the railroad. The following 
January he came to Sumner Township, thiscount3', 
and put up the first blacksinith-sliop therein, and 
a store being subsequently started by C. Gifford, 
both situated on the old cattle trail, the pliice re- 
ceived the name (»f Austin, and our subject was its 
Postmaster for some time. In 1875 he went to the 
Wichita Agency, where he w.as employed by the 
Government for about five years. II(^ then went 
to Texas, and purchase<l seven hundred head of 
cattle, anrl moving them to the territory occupied 
himself in the cattle business until 1886. He then 
sold out, came to this place.and with 0.(i. Brown 
engaged in carriage manufacturiii_L'. He now has a 



fine two-storv and basement edifice, .50x100 feet, 
built of stone, in which all kinds of work pertain- 
ing to carri.'igo-niaking are carried on. 

The marriage license of Mr. Clark and .Miss 
Catherine Wright was the first issued. The bride 
was born at Bladensburg, Iowa, and in 1871 accom- 
panied her parents to this county, of which they 
were earl}' settlers. She died in December, 1873, 
leaving no children. On April 1(1, 1878, Mr.Clark 
contracted a second matrimonial alliance, the lady 
with whom he w.as united being Mrs. Anna JI. 
Kgner. .She w.as born in Uatesville. Ark., and is a 
daughter of Reuben Har|iliam. wlio is well-known 
in this county. 

Mr. Clark belongs to the Grand Army of the 
l{ci)ublic and to the Masonic fraternity. He is 
highly spoken of by all who know him, as a man (.if 
strict intcgrit}' in all business transactions, and 
honoralile in his social life. 

The father of our subject was an Knglishman. 
who came to the Initcd .States whcTi a young man. 
and spent some time in New York State, there mar- 
rying Miss Anna .Syroh, and afterward settling in 
Coshocton, Ohio. While in this place he worked 
in a sawmill, although his trade was that of a baker 
and confectionei'. He changed his location to New 
Philadelphia, where his death took place about the 
year 1816, when he was forty years old. The 
mother of our subject was born nearTreuton. N. J., 
about the year 1821. and after the death of Mr. 
Clark remained a widow for a number of years, 
evonlually marrying again, and surviving until 
1881. 



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W/ reus .S. CAMPBKLL, M. I). During his 
I (^ ''^" -^'*''"'*' '■^si'^'^'xc in the city of W'elling- 
ji'— ^ ton. Dr. Campbell has fully established him- 
self in the confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
citizens. The story of his life is in its main points 
as follows: He was lorn in the town of Ferrisburg, 
Afldison County. Vt., October 26. 1826, and is the 
son of Capt. tJeorge Campbell, a native of .Mans- 
field, Conn. His paternal grandfather is supjxjsed 
to have been lik»'wi<p n native of Connecticut and 



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tradition says that the family in America was per- 
petuatert by four brothers wlio emigrated from 
Scotland. Grandfather Campbell followed farm- 
ing all his life wliioli it is supposed he spent in 
Connecticut. Capt. George Campbell was reared 
in his native State whence he went to Vermont and 
after his marriage located in Vergennes, where he 
established a tanneiy and in aildition to the manu- 
facture of leather, also made boots and shoes. 
This was before the days of railroads and trans- 
portation was effected via Lake Champlain and the 
Champlain Canal. 

The father of our subject remained a resident 
of Vergennes a number of years, then purchasing 
property in Ferrisburg, put up a sawmill and bought 
a tannery. He was occupied with these until liis 
death, which occurred in October, 1815. lie earned 
his title of Captain by commanding a company of 
State Militia a number of years. Politically, ho 
was an old line Whig and he vvas for many years 
identiSert with the Masonic fraternity. He was 
twice married. 

The maiden name of the mother of our subject, 
who was the second wife of Capt. George Camp- 
bell, was Harriet E. Powers. She was born in Fer- 
risburg, Vt., and was the daughter of Capt. Joseph 
Powers, a native of Massachusetts. Capt. Powers 
received onl}' limited educational advantages in his 
j'outh, being a good-sized boy when first atteuding 
school. That very first day the British invaded 
Lexington and 3'oung Powers left the sclioolhouse 
and joining the citizens assisted in driving the 
British b.ack to Boston. He also participated in 
the battle of Bunker Hill and continued in the 
Federal service until the close of the war. Then 
removing from Massachusetts to Vermont he set- 
tled in Ferrisburg where he spent his last days. 

Mrs. Campbell accompanied her son, Lucius S. to 
Wisconsin and thence to Michigan, spending her 
last days at his home in Glen Arbor. Her death 
took place in 1858. She was the mother of four 
children, only two of whom lived to mature years. 
Six children were born to Capt. George Campbell 
by his first wife. Lucius S. was reared in his na- 
tive county, receiving a good education. After 
leaving school he taught one term in Shoreham, 
Vt. In 1848 he vTcntto Tolland, Conn., and com- 



menced the stud^' of medicine with Dr. J. C. Eaton, 
Thence in 1850 he emigrated to Wisconsin and 
practiced for a short lime in Fond du Lac County. 
There being then a good opening for a builder and 
contractor, he embarked in this business and re- 
sided there eight years. His next removal was to 
Glen Arbor, Mich., where he erected a sawmill 
and engaged in the lumber business two years. 
Then returning to Wisconsin he superintended the 
erection of seven buildings at Lapeer. 

During the Civil War Mr. Campbell, at St. 
Louis, Mo., entered the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment of the Second Missouri Light Artillery as 
regimental wheelwright. He remained with the 
army in INIissouri a few months and was then sent 
to the frontier, being in the service about one ypfir. 
When the war closed he received his honorable dis- 
charge with his regiment at St. Louis. Next visit- 
ing the Southwest, he sojourned briefly at Spring- 
field and from there traced his steps to Douglas 
County, Mo., where he put up a steam sawmill. 
Later in Dallas County, he erected the first steam 
savv and grist mills within its borders. Later he 
operated similarly in iNLTrshSeld, Webster County, 
taking a contract also for buildi .g the court house 
and several other important structures. He spent 
a few months following in New Orleans and then 
coming to this county established himself in a drug 
store at Marshfield which he operated until 187y. 
Then selling out he came to Wellington which was 
at that time a town of about twelve hundred in- 
habitants. He purchased lot No. 20, block 59, 
Washington Avenue, and erected a frame building 
which was destroyed by fire in 1883. He at once 
put up an iron clad building and resumed business 
within a short time. 

In 1 884 Dr. Campbell erected one of the best 
buildings in Wellington, 25x100 feet in dimensions 
two stories in height and with a fire-proof metal 
roof. In October, that year he sold his stock of 
drugs and rented the building. In the meantime 
he was studying medicine and in 1883 attended the 
Cincinnati Medical College to which he returned in 
1885, and in 1886 was regularly graduated. He is 
now following his profession with flattering success. 

Dr. Campbell vvas married in 1871 to ]Miss Jose- 
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sliire, in 1850, and is the daiigiiter of .lacol) anil 
Lucy Straw. Her mother is living at .Springfield 
Mo., and her fatiier is defeased. The two sons liorn 
of tiiis union bear tlie names of Robert •». and 
Lucius S. During his early manhood Dr. Camp- 
bell, politically, alliliated with the old Whig part3- 
and upon its abandonment cordially endorsed Re- 
publii'an principles. lie w.as a charter member of 
the I. (). O. K. Kncampment at Marshfield, Mo., 
and at the same pl.nce identified himself with the 
Miisonic fraternity. He has been a charter mem- 
ber of three lodges of the Knights of Pythias. He 
and his little family occupy a neat home in the 
northeast part of the city, and a good position in 
its social circles. 



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"S)AC01J H. ALLEN. This gentleman is a 
1 I veritable jjioneerof Sumner County, having 
I entered what are now its limits before it 
^^' was yet surveyed or organized, and when 
every foot of the land was held bj- the Govern- 
ment, whicli h.ns since been sold for $1.25 i)er acre. 
Mr. Allen i.s a large land-owner, his acreage in 
Wellingtjn Township amounting to six hundred 
and forty acres, while he has a half-interest in six- 
teen hundred and .'-ixty-thrce acres in Falls Toivu- 
^lli|). He farms a portion of the land and rents the 
remainder, his home being on section 2.'?, Welling- 
ton Township, where he has a commodious and 
tasteful dwelling, accompanied bv all necessary- 
outbuilding.*, substantially erected and conven- 
iently disposed. 

The grandfather of our subject was one of the 
first settlers of Montgomery County. Ohio, where 
he cleared and operated a large farm, upon which 
his son. .Scott Allen, falhci- of our subject, w.as 
born and reared. On reaching mature years the 
latter married Rebecca, daughter of .lacob Hosier, 
an early settler of the same county. 

After his murriage Scott Allen leased a farm in 
Fayette County, and lived upon it until 1K17. 
when lie bought land in Shfclh^' County and re- 
moved there. In the latter county he remained 



until his death, October 10, I8G9, although during 
that pei'ioil he changed farms two or three times. 
His wife had been taught to card, spin and weave, 
and when her children were small she used to 
weave the cloth and fashion their garments there- 
from with her own hands. She also departed this 
life in Shelby County, the date of her decease 
being in the fall of 1«88. To Mr. and Mrs. .S.olt 
Allen, twelve children were born, nine of them 
attaining to years of maturity. 

Jacob H. Allen was born in Fayette County, 
Ohio, April G, 1842, and was but five years 
old when his parents changed their residence 
to Shelby County, where be attended school as 
opportunity offered, and in early boyhood began 
to assist his father upon the farm, continuing his 
labors as strength would admit. The breaking out 
of the Civil War roused in our subject a desire to 
do a man's work in the armies of his country, and 
in Jul}', 18()1, though still lacking some months of 
being of age, he entered the Union army as a mem- 
ber of Company B, Twentieth Ohio Infantry. 

The army life of Mr. .\llen carried him into 
various parts of Kentucky. Tennessee, Mississippi, 
].,ouisiana, Alabama and Georgia, and he partici- 
pated in a number of the most noted and bloody 
(onllicts of lbs Rebellion. Among the engage- 
ments in which be took part were those at Ft. 
Donelson. Shiloli, La Grange, Bolivia, Grant Junc- 
tion, Corinth. X'icksburg. J.ackson, Black River, 
Snake Creek and Ft. Gibson. He joined Sherman's 
command in Georgia, ami took pnrl in the battle 
of .lonesbuig and tiie engagements around Atlanta. 
Like all faithful soldiers he had a wear}- round of 
camp duties to perform at times, and much arduous 
marching to undergo, but they were all cheerfully 
fulfilled until the expiration of his term of service, 
in October, 18G-1, when he was honorably dis- 
charged. 

On being mustered out of the service Mr. Allen 
went to Louisville, where he spent six months 
driving a (Jovernroent Post team. Ho then went 
to Washington, Iowa, and rented some land on 
which he began farming for himself, and whei'e he 
remained until November 2, 18G1), on which day 
he started on horseback for this .State. He stopped 
in iSHami County and rented a farm, upon which 



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lie i-esided until late in the fall of 1870, when lie I 
started on horseback for the Western frontier, niul 
reaching this connty. located a claim, built a dug- 
out, anil began his labors as a pioneer farmer. He 
occupied the dug-out a twelve month, and then 
elected a frame house, and as time rolled on added 
to his original quarter-section and made various 
marked improvements, some of which have been 
noted above. 

On April 10, 1874. Mr. Allen was united in 
marriage with Mary E. Sullivan, an estimable lad^ . 
who was born in AVisconsin and was a daughter of 
Hiram and Mary Sullivan. She died on the 13th 
of October, 1878, after having borne two children 
— Ralph J. and Minnie K. After having remained 
a widower several years, Mr. Allen contracted a i 
second matrimonial alliance, the ceremony taking ; 
place November 15. 1883. and the bride being 
Miss Mary E. Gregson. a native of Rochester, 
Fulton County, Ind. Mrs. Allen has borne her , 
husband two children — Fred and Glenn. She is a | 
member of the Christian Church, and an intelligent 
and noble-hearted woman. 

The grandparents of the present Mrs. Allen 
were William and Mar3- (Myers) Gregson, the 
former born in North Carolina in 1803. and the 
latter a native of Lexington, Ivy., while their mar- 
riage took place in the Iloosier State, to which Mi-. 
Gregson had gone when a young man. He was 
an early settler in xMorgan Count3'. where on Ai)ril 

23, 1834, a son was born to him, who was christ- 
ened James R., and who became the father of Mrs. 
Allen. William Gregson carried on a farm in 
Morgan County, whence he subsequently removed 
to Fulton County, which he made his home until 
1873, when he came AVest and lived with his chil- 
dren in this county- until his death, November!, 
1876. His companion survived him until March 

24, 1887, when she also fell asleei), and was buried 
beside her husband in Prairie Lawn Cemetery. 

James R. Gregson was but an infant when his 
parents removed to Fulton County, where he was 
reared and attended the pioneer schools. He re- 
mained with his parents until his marriage 1o 
Christina, daughter of Michael and .Sarah ( Mc- 
Malion) Morri.';, who was born in Fayette County. 
Ohio, October 15, 1837. He then purchase<l a 



tract of timber land, comprising eighty acres, and 
located five and a half miles from Rochester, built 
a frame house and log stable thereon, cleared half 
of the land and resided there until 1873. He tlien 
sold his Indiana properly and came to this county, 
traveling by rail to Wichita, which was then the 
western terminus of the road, and thence continu- 
ing his journej- with a team. He bought the 
southeast quarter of section 24, where the sod had 
been turned on a half .acre, and a small boaril 
shanty had been erected. Wellington then con- 
tained but a few houses, Wichita was the nearest 
railroad station, and for some years continued to 
be the market for this locality. Herds of buffaloes 
roamed over the prairies a few miles west, and 
deer and smaller game were abundant. Jlr. (Greg- 
son immediately began to improve his farm, and 
at the time of his death, July 20, 1884, was in 
possession of a productive and valuable estate. 
While Wichita was yet the market for produce, he 
drew eight hundred bushels of grain there one 
vear. 



« IVILLIA.M R. WALLACE. Few, if any, of 
\/2Jl '''"■' f'^'fi"'^'* of this county have a more 
^\S realizing sense of pioneer life than the 
above-named gentleman, who. as boy and man, lias 
labored in frontier development. He is one of those 
to whom Belle I'iaine Township owes its impiove- 
ment, and that he has many friends is attested by 
the fact that he h.is been elected Mayor of Belle 
Plaine, in which town he Las lived for a few years 
past. He was born in DeWitt County, HI., Jan- 
uary 13, 1844, to Charles C. and Rebecca R. Wal- 
lace, natives of Kentucky, whence his father had 
gone to the Prairie State at an early d.ay, laboring 
among the pioneers there. His paternal ancestors 
were Scotch-Irish, and his grandfather Wallace is 
said to have been a soldier in the War of 1812. 
Our subject is the oldest son in a family of four 
children, of "i^'hom the other survivors are: Eliza- 
beth A., wife of C A. Stewart, of Kans.as City; 
and James I)., of Girard, Kan. 

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALUUM. 



scenes of pioneer life, and having lost his fallicr 
wiiun lie was but eight years old, and living on a 
farm, he was early obliged to assume control of 
the farm, and the support of the family depended 
to a considerable extent on his efforts. His educa- 
tion was therefore somewhat limited, although he 
attended the district schools of the county in which 
he lived, and for about two years was a student in 
the schools of Atlanta, 111. Ou the 2d of Au- 
gust, liSG2, having but a short time before attained 
to eighteen years of age, he became a member of 
Company C, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois In- 
fantry, which was a part of the army of the Missis- 
sippi, under the command of Gen. Grant. The du- 
ties of Mr. Wallace for some time, were to form 
one of the body which was watching Johnston to 
prevent him from breaking through Grant's lines 
while the latter w.as besieging Vicksburg. He sub- 
S(quentl3' did duty in Arkansas, and was shifted 
around to various places doing guard duty. On 
.March 19. 18G5, after an army life of over thirty- 
two months, he was honorably discharged, leaving 
the service v,-ith a worthy record as a member of 
the rank and file who so faithfully carried out the 
orders of their coniniandcis. 

Returning to Illinois Mr. Wallace remained there 
until the suninicr of 1874, at which time he was 
numbered among the inhabitimts of this county. In 
the meantime, Dcceujber 2b. 1871. he was united in 
marriage with Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of 
James and .Sarah Temple, of Pike Comity, III., ii 
lady to whose housewifely skill and Christian char- 
acter he owes the physical i-omfiirts of his home, 
and the sympathy and goo<l counsel which ever}- 
true man 6nds agreeable. The happy union has 
been blessed by the birth of the fullowingcliildren : 
Helen, born December 22, 1872; Nora, Ai)ril I, 
1.S75; Edna, September V, 1882; and Charles, de- 
cease<I. 

I'pon becoming a citizen of Kansas Mr. Wallace 
first located on a farm in the northern part of Helle 
Plaine Township, and after operating the same 
some live yens, removed to the town where he 
niiw lives, and where, with the exception of two 
years which was spent in Wellingtuii, he has since 
been a continuous resident. He still owns one hun- 
dred and fifty acres of outlying land in the town- 



ship'. He was Township Trustee there three differ- 
ent terms, and for two years he served .as Register 
of Deeds for Sumner County. In April, 188'.», he 
was elected M.ayor of Belle Plaine, the term of 
ollice being one year. He is a raemlier of the 
G. A. R. Post, and he and his wife are members of 
the Christian Church, in which he h.as ofliciated as 
an Elder for a number of j-ears. In politics he is 
a true-blue Rei)ublican. 




ANIKL !•:. IIOLLIDAY. now following 
the peaceful pursuits of agriculture ou a 
one hundred and sixty-acre farm, com- 
prising a portion of section 24, Harmon 
Township, looks upon that period of his life which 
was spent in the Union army as the one most 
creditable in his whole career. He enlisted as a 
private soldier, October 1, 18G3, at the organiza- 
tion of Company C. whic-li was .assigned to the 
Ninety first Ohio Infantry, and served until the 
close of the war. Prior to this, however, he had 
been in the array in the employ of Capt. John 
Cook, of the Fifty -sixth Ohio Infantry, one year. 
I'pon entering the ranks, he went with his com- 
rades to the front and participated in the battles 
of Cloyd Mountain. Lynchburg. Stevenson Depot, 
Winchester. Opcguan, Cedar Creek and others, 
thirteen general engagcmenis in all. With the ex- 
ception of receiving a slight (lesh wonml, which 
did not incapacitate him frt)m service, he escaped 
unharmed, and w.is nuistered out at Cumberland, 
Md.. after which he received an h(»norable dis- 
charge at Camp Denison, Ohio. 

At the expir.ation of his first term of service, 
Mr. Hollid.iv enlisted in Company I). Eighteenth 
Regular United .States Infantry, in which he served 
three years, going to the Far West among the In- 
dians. Upon returning to the pursuits of civil 
life, he took up his abode in Warren Coun'.y. 
HI., where he was eng.aged in agricultural pur- 
suits for about four years. At the expiration of 
this time he came to Kansas, locating in .Miami 
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spring of 1878. That year, coming to this county, 
he nurciiaserl his present farm in Harmon Town- 
ship, of whicli he has since been a resident. His 
land is all in a productive condition, enclosed and 
divided with good fences and embellished with 
substantial modern buildings. Both as a farmer 
and a citizen he may be accounted a success. 

Mr. Hollidav was married in Paulding County, 
Ohio, June 10, 1861), to Miss Sarah Drake. Tliis 
lady was born in Licking County, that State, 
April 11, 18,31. and is the daughter of the Rev. 
.Tames H. and Caroline Drake, who were natives 
of Ohio, [and are now living in Wayne County, 
Iowa. Eight children have been born of this 
union, viz: Arthur O.. Oliver jN[., Clara. Frank, 
Milton Garfield. Lulu B., Robert L. and George 
A. Mr. Hollidav gives his support to the Repub- 
lican party, and has taken qnite an active part in 
political affairs. He has held the office of Town- 
ship Clerk and served at different times on the 
School Board of his district. He is a member in 
good standing of Belle Plaine Post, No. 337, G. A .R., 
with headquarters at Belle Plaine. Both he and his 
wife are prominently connected with the Metiio- 
dist Ei)iscopal Church. 

When entering the regular army, Mr. HoUiday 
was at once promoted to Second Sergeant, and 
served in that capacity for eighteen months. He ■ 
w.as tiien made a First Orderly Sergeant, with 
which rank he was mustered out. While in the 
volunteer army he was detached, and served about 
six months as Orderly of his regiment at depart- 
ment headquarters, and at the headquarters of 
Gen. George Crook. 



I OHN E. HUTSON, one of the leading far- 
mers and stockmen of Caldwell Township, 
has been a resident of Kansas for about 
twenty years, and during the extended pe- 
riod of liis sojourn here has made many warm 
friends. He inherits the thrift and sturdy integrity 
of his Scotch ancestry, and lias succeeded in amass- 
insj a comfortable properly. He was equally for- 



tunate in the selection of a helpmate, his wife 
being a lad)' of culture and refinement. She was 
Miss Rettie, daughter of James and Eliza (Black) 
Stevens, and was born June 12, 1850, in Jefferson 
Count)', Ohio, though at the time of her marriage 
she was living in Miami County, Kan. Mr. and 
Mrs. Hutson are the parents of six children, as 
follows; Ella, Delia, Eddie, Jessie, Nellie K. and 
Asa. 

In Greene County, Mo., our subject was born 
December 1. 1842, his parents being AVilliam and 
Elizabetli (Ryan) Hutson. The former was born 
ill Ray County, Tenn., and removed to Greene 
County, Mo., in 1842. After the late war he re- 
moved to Douglas County, Kan., and subsequently 
to Miami County, where he died in 1872, having 
attained to the age of sixt3'-four j'ears. His entire 
life from boyhood had been spent in tilling the 
soil, with the exception of tliree years, wliich he 
devoted to the service of his country. In 1861 he 
joined the Union army in Company E, Thirty- 
seventh Missouri Infantry, but was afterward trans- 
ferred to Company B, Seventh Missouri Cavalry, 
and held the rank of Lieutenant. He served three 
years, and during ttie term of his enlistment par- 
ticipated in many of the hard-fought battles of 
the war. He wtis a Repul)lican, and a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His father, 
David Hutson, was a native of Tennessee, ai d a 
soldier of the War of 1812. 

Tlie mother of our subject was born in Ray 
County, Tenn., and has now reached the ripe age 
of seventy-six jears. She is a daughter of Abner 
Ryan, who was also a native of Tennessee. She is 
the mother of eleven children, of whom our subject 
is tlie fourtii in order of birth. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
was reared on the farm in Johnson County, and 
received a common-school educatitm. He was not 
vet of age when the Civil War broke out, bnt 
during the first j-ear of that struggle he joined the 
Union forces as a private in Companj- L, First 
Missouri Batteiy, and served with tii.at command 
in Missouri. Arkansas, Tennessee. Mississippi and 
Pennsylvania, until the winter of 1862, when his 
term of service expired. He then returned to 
Sedalia, Mo., and re enlisted, becoming a member 




Farm Residence of 6eorge Linn, Sec.4., Dixon Tp, Sumner Co. Kans. 




RssizJEircr of J.E.Hutsoit. Sec. 4 CAtDWELU Tp. Summer Co. Kan. 



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of Coinpnny L, SccdikI Misisoiiri Hnltcrv. in wliic-li 
he seivi'il until llie close of llic wnr, most of liie 
liiiio ill llie Sixteenth Ailny Corps. I'iiori- are few 
iiRMi wlio look part ill as many iianl eni;a;;cint>nts 
as (lid Mr. lliitson, and he had a share in many 
minor eonllicts, in iiiiu li heavy inareliiny;. and in 
the usual camp duties which pertain to a soldier's 
life. The list of hotly-contested liehls u[)on which 
he bore a gallnnt part, includes V'icksburg, (Gettys- 
burg. Shiloh, Stone River, Nashville. Franklin 
(Teiin.) ami Chickamauga. At the latter place 
hi? ciinmanding otlicors fell, and he assumed their 
duties during the battle. He look part in the 
famous < Georgia campaign with Sherman's army, 
and with the 60,000 marched through to the sea. 
During his term of service he received seven 
linllet wounds, although none were of a serious 
n.alure. .lust liefore his term of service expired 
he was, with three com| anions, out scouting on 
Powder River, Wyo. Ter., when the}- were en- 
countered by the Indians, and all were killed with 
the exception of oiir subject. Being able to run 
barefooted, he escaped, though l)eing compelled to 
run for a long distance on priekl}- pears, the thorns 
penetrated his feet, and it required three days for 
the physician to extract them. Kven after that, 
for many months the small particles would work 
through his feet. The last battle our subject was 
eniraged in was with Price at Pleasanton, Ivan. 

The limits of a sketch like this will not allow 
of any detailed account of Jlr. Ilutson's expe- 
riences during the Rebellion, and we can only say 
that he was ever found ready at the word of com- 
mand, and that his conduct on the field of battle, 
and in many positions where even greater moral 
courage was needed than in those exciting scenes, 
was such as became a brave an<l lo^'al young man. 
lie was honorably discharged at St. Louis, Mo., in 
November, 1805, and took up his residence in 
Miami County, Kan., ( having first become a resi- 
dent of this Stale in I8(il ). In 1870 he removed 
to Labette County, and throe years later to Sum- 
ner County, purchasing two hundred and two 
acres of land on section 1. Caldwell Township, 
where he has sini'C resided. He has given his 
entire attention to farminjr and the stock business, 
and has one of the best improvc<l farms in 



the township. All that he has, has been made by 
his own unremitting industry, his prudent economy, 
and the exercise of a discriminating judgment re- 
garding the agricultural needs of the community, 
the best methods of cultivation, and the number 
and kind of stock of whicii he could readily dis- 
pose. 

Mr. lliilson belongs to the Grand Army of the 
Republic and to the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. A firm believer in the principles of the 
Republican party, he exercises the right of suffrage 
ill its behalf and upholds it with his personal in- 
(luence. He is a member of the Methodist Kpis- 
copal Church, and endeavors to live in a manner 
consonant with his belief; consequently he gains 
the respect of all who know him, and among his 
associates has many warm friends. 

Hy careful labor and systematic business manage- 
ment, Mr. Hutson has become the possessor of a 
commodious residence, which, with its convenient 
accessories, is represented by a view elsewhere in 
this work. 




^1 KORGE LINN. The Linn homestead, which 
II (=, is pleasantly situated on section L IJixon 
V;^ Township, invariably attracts the attention 
of the passing traveli'r as one which has evidently 
been liiiilt up by a man possessing more than ordi- 
nary industry and enterprise. A haudsome resi- 
dence still further embellishes it. and is re|iresented 
on another page of this volume by a lithographic 
engraving. The proprietor is a self-made man in 
the broadest sense of the term, having begun at the 
foot of the la<ider in life, and made his wn^- un- 
aided, bending his energies to the accomplishment 
of a certain purpose, and he has reason to be proud 
of the result of his efforts. He has been a hard 
worker, and a good manager, and has surrounded 
himself and his family with all the comforts and 
many of the luxuries of life. 

In noting the career of the successful citizen, the 
mind naturally reverts to those from whom he drew 
his origin. The subject of this sketch is the son of 



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Jacob Linn, and was born Februar3' 12, 1839, in 
Stark Count}% Oliio, being the thirteenth in a fam- 
ily of fourteen cliildren, ten of whom are still liv- 
ing. Tlie mother, who in her girlhood was Miss 
Elizabeth Allen, was a native of the Keystone State, 
where both she and lier husband developed into 
mature j-ears, and where tliej' lived nearly twenty 
years after their marriage. Then removing to 
Ohio, they settled on a farm in .Stark Count}', where 
tliey spent the remainder of their da3s. Tlie eider 
Linn was a bl.aeksmilh by traie, whidi lie followed 
more or less until the close of his life. He departed 
hence in 1848, after having made the record of an 
honest man and a good citizen. The mother sur- 
vived her husband nine years, dying in Ohio in 
1857. 

Mr. Linn spent his early years in his native 
township, and acquired his education b}' a some- 
what limited attendance at the common school. He 
was onlj- nine ^-ears old at the time of his fathers 
death, aftei' which he went out to work among 
strangers, giving his earnings to his wide. wed 
mother. He continued this course until his mar- 
riage, giving oven the proceeds of his summer's 
work before that event, to his mother. He was 
united in wedlock with Miss Helen K., a daugh- 
ter of the Rev. Jonatlian M. and Mar^• (Brown) 
West, the former a minister of the Church of God, 
preaching for many years in Ohio. Missouri and 
Kansas. Both lie and his wife were natives of 
Pennsylvania. He departed this life at his home in 
Missouri in 1881. The mother died in Ohio in 
1887. The}' were the parents of nine children, 
three of whom are still living. Mrs. Linn w.is born 
January 22, 1840. in Stark C'ountw Oliio, and there 
oi)laincd her education in the common school. 

Our subject aM<l his wife became the parents of 
five children, namely: Mary J., born September ij. 
18i;i; Dora B.. June 19. 18G3: F.mma L. March 
24. 1868, died June 23, 1 871 : Helen A., born Octo- 
ber 3, 1870; and George N.. Ai)ril 1 1. 1874. The 
latter is at home with his parents. ^lary J. is the 
wife of William Keplinger. and tliey live in Na- 
varre, Stark Count}'. Ohio; Dora li. isathome with 
her parents; Helen A. is the wife of Corwin Bry- 
ant, of Meade County, this State, and they have 
one child. Floyd, an infant. Mr. Linn's children 



have been given a good education, and are, like 
their parents, intelligent and bright, reflecting 
credit upon the home training. 

Until the early part of 1885, Mr. Linn remained 
a resident of his native .State, then decided upon 
seeking the farther West. Setting out for Kansas, 
he arrived in this county on the J8th of February, 
settling at once upon his present farm. This em- 
braces one hundred and fifty-six acres of fertile 
land, and Mr. Linn owns besides a quarter-section, 
two and one-half miles southeast of Argonia on the 
Cliikaskia River bottoms. The latter is operated 
(■y a tenant. The homestead proper is embellished 
with good buildings, including a neat residence, 
put up in 1885, at a. cost of $1,200. Eighty acres 
of the land are devoted to the raising of grain, and 
the ordinary crops, and the balance is utilized prin- 
ci|)ally for live-stock, Mr. Linn being considerably 
interested in cattle, horses and swine. 

Li politics, Mr. Linn votes the Democratic ticket. 
He has been somewhat jirominent in local affairs, 
serving as Treasurer of Dixon Township two terms. 
In Ohio he was for many years a member of the 
school board of his district, and served as Town- 
ship Trustee two terms. Socially, he belongs to 
Argonia Lodge, I. O. O. F.. and is foreman in the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen. Jlrs. Linn, a 
lady greatly respected in her community, is con- 
nected with the Presbvterian Church. 




i UDOLPH J. TRACY. Among the solid 
men of Dixon Township may be most proi)- 
( eily mcniiuned Mr. Tracy, whom we find 
^^in independent circumstances, financially, 
the result of his own industry and good manage- 
ment. He is one of the many who may be termed 
"self-made," having sprung from an huniiile posi- 
tion in life, and without any other aid than his 
native good sense and steady application has at- 
tained to a worthy position and is deserving of 
more than a passing mention. It is to perpetuate 
the record of such men that the present work has 
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lives, penisetl by a <jeiieration to come, will be- 
come an incentive to those who may be similarly 
situated. 

Ml'. Tracy first o|)ene(l his eyes to the light on 
the other side of the Atlantic, in the Kingdom of 
Prussia. December l.i. IHID. He is thus a little 
past the age of forty years, still a young man, 
and having already acquireil a cimipetence. may 
reasonably hope for many years in llie enjoyment 
of this world's goods, lie comes of substantial 
German stock, being tiie son of fJeorgc and Catli 
erine (Yerka) Tracy, who were likewise natives of 
that country and born under the reign of the good 
old Kmperor, Wilhelm. They were reared and 
married in their native Province, whence tUey 
emigrated to America in 1860, settling first in the 
city of Baltimore, Md. In 1807 they emigrated 
to the West, settling in Lisbon, Iowa. From theic 
in 1S70, they came to Kansas, locating in Sedg- 
wick (oimty. where the mother still lives. The 
parental household comprised seven children, onlj' 
two of whom are living — Rudolph .Land Augusta, 
the latter a resident of Wichita. 

Mr. Tracy was a lad of only eleven years when 
coming to America, and immeiliately upon his 
arrival began to work in a factory at Baltimore, 
turning over his earnings to his mother. After 
coming West, he was emploj'Cd on a farm and a 
railroail, and spent one season in Nel)raska. part of 
the time chopping wood near old Ft. Cottonwood, 
p.ist which wild Indians frequently roamed and dis- 
pbiycd feelings which were anything but friendly. 
After removing to Sedgwick County, lliis Slate, 
the Tr.iey family, who were among the earliest 
pioneers, occupied a dug-out for some lime, and 
Rudolph .1. snbsecpiently was employed in fi'eighl- 
ing between Wichita and Kmporia. 

At the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Tracy was 
united in marriage, on the itth of .lanuary. 1872, at 
Wichlla.wilh Miss Kuphemia L. Lane, the ceremony 
being |)erformeti by the first probate judge at 
Wichita. Mrs. Tracy was a daughter of Reuben 
C. and Susannah (Mooil) Lane, who were natives 
of Ohio, where they were reared and married. The 
father was a farmer by occupation, and, leaving 
the Buckeye .Slate in ly.')!, settled in Illinois. Two 
years later, with his family, he pushed on further 



We^twarll into Iowa, locating on a farm in Madi- 
son County, where they sojourned until 1870. 
That year they moved to Setlgwick Connty, this 
State, of wiiich lliey were residents until 1877. 
Their next removal was to this county, where they 
remained until 1884. They then removed to E<I- 
wards County, where the f.ilher now lives, the 
mother having ilied. in 1H7I, near Wichita. Mr. 
Lane is living with his third wife. During the 
Ci\il War he enlisted in Company II. Twenty- 
third Iowa Infantry and served gallantly until the 
close. By his first wife he became the father of 
thirteen children, six of whom are living, and of 
whom Mrs. Tracy was the ehlest. She w.as born 
.lanuary it, 18.52, in Ohio. 

The seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Tracy 
were named respectively: Harmon F., Emma L.. 
(ieorge C. Henry M., N'ernon R.. Luella A. and 
Benjamin Levi. They form a bright and intelli- 
gent group. ac()uiring their education in the dis- 
trict school, and all living at home with their par- 
ents. Mr. and .Mrs. Traey were in former j-ears 
members of the Cumberland Presliyterian Church. 
They now perform the oflice of guardian to Elmer 
R. Tracy, a nephew, who is the only surviving 
member of his family. Mr. Tracy takes an active 
interest in politics, and uniforndy votes the Re- 
[uiblican ticket. He is liberal and progressive in 
his ideas, a member of the Grange and also of the 
Farmers' Alliance. He hsis little ambition for of- 
fice, and aside from serving as Road Overseer, has 
held himself aloof from responsibility in this line. 
The estate of Mr. Tracy embraces throe hundred 
and twentj" acres of prime land, all improved, and 
upon wliich he has built four and one-half miles 
of fencing. The greater part of his land is under 
the plow, and twenty-five acres are devoted to a!) 
apple orchard and nearly all other kinds of fruit. 
Several thousand evergreens add beauty to the 
l)remises, including five red ee<Iars, which Mr. 
Tracy brought with him from the battlefield of 
Pea Ridge. These also are in a tlourishinjf condi- 
tion. The present residence was completed in 
|8««. 

When Mr. Tracy came to Sedgwick County, this 
Stiile. he brought with him a capital of thirty 
rents and seven bushels of feed for his team. After 



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completing liis house in tliis eountj-, lie had nothing 
left and was §oO in debt. In 1878, his dwelling, 
with all its contents, was destroyed by fire. He 
has thus met with reverses, but he never allowed 
himself to give way to diseouragements, simply 
following the rule of always doing the best he 
could under all circumstances. 



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AWSON AY. COOLEY. The Oxford 
))^ Bank is one of the flourishing institutions 
of Sumner County, and is now operating 
under a State charter obtained May 15, 
It was organized by J. H. Allen and D. W. 
Cooley as a private entei'prisc, opening its doors 
for business in November, 1883. These two gen- 
tlemen wen- President and Cashier respectively, 
and the capital was ^10,000. which has been in- 
creased to a stock of $25,000, while a few wealthy 
farmers are added to the stockholders, and tin,' 
some otlicers retain the positions which they as- 
sumed at the opening of the institution. 

Our subject is a son of John B. Cooley. who was 
b<trn in the Empire State. February 7. 1817, and 
reared on a farm, liut who became a steamboat 
c:i|itain. On October 18. 1838. John Cooley was 
united in marriage with Miss "Wealthy A. Win- 
chester, who was born in Wyoming County. Sep- 
tember 30, 1820. The home of the family was 
in New York State until the fall of 1866, when 
they removed to Brookfield, Mo., and thence to 
Rogers. Ark., in the spring of 1883. In the latter 
l>lace the father departed this life, M.ay 21,1888, 
and the widow is still living. John Cooley was 
quite prominent in local politics, though not an 
aspirant for otlice. He belonged to the Democratic 
l)arty. The parental family comprised five chil- 
dren, of whom our subject was the first born — 
(ieorge W. is now living in New York City; Mar- 
ion L. lives in Las Yegas, N. M.; Frank P. died 
in 1878; Donna died .March 27, 18G2. 

The subject of this sketch opened his eyes to the 
light in Wyoming County. N. Y.. August 11, 1839, 
an-.i remained in his native jilace until sixteen 



years of age. He then went to Wisconsin, where 
he sojoui'ned until the fall of 1860. when he re- 
turned to his native State, and the following spring 
offered his services to uphold the Union, being one 
of the first volunteers in the State or country. 
Three days after Ft. Sumter was fired upon he en- 
listed in Comp.any C, Hawkins' Zouaves, which 
was mustered into service on the 3d of JM.ay. and 
is said to have been the first organized regiment of 
volunteers in the war. It was attached to the 
Ninth Army Corps, and for some time formed a 
part of the Army of the Potomac. The command 
was first sent to Fortress Monroe, and took part in 
the capture of Ilatteras. Roanoke Island and 
Elizabethtown; in engagements at AVinton and 
Camden Court-House; and in the terrible conflicts 
at Antietam and Fredericksburg. The regiment 
was one of those that suffered the greatest loss in 
battle, Hawkins' Zouaves being ever in the thick of 
the fight or in the most exposed position, and the 
gallantry of the members of that band is unques 
tioned. Mr. Cooley' was discharged at Suffolk, and 
returned to New A'ork. and until the close of the 
war w.as in the employ' of the Government in the 
< Quartermaster's Departmentc 

After peace was declared Mr. Code}' went to 
Brookfield, Mo., and there remained until 1869, 
when he changed his place of abode to Baxter 
Springs, Kan. In the spring of 1871 he came to 
this county, and took up a claim which now forms 
a part of the town of Wellington, being one of the 
few settlers in the vicinity, and building the first 
frame house on the prairie where AYellington now 
stands. The dwelling is still standing in what is 
now the Rose Hill Addition, and our subject con- 
tinued to occupj' it until the population of the 
town was about twelve hundred, and in place of 
the buffaloes which covered the plains when he 
came here, herds of cattle were to be seen over its 
broad expanse. 

Mr. Cooley removed from AYellington to Mis- 
souri, and spent two j-ears as a traveling salesman, 
afterward going into the mercantile and banking 
business at Golden City, Mo., where he remained 
.about two years. He then came to Oxford, and 
organized the bank of which he has since had sole 
charge and wiiich is in a very pi'osperous condition, 



I'OIMU.VII' AM) 1!I()(;|;a1MI1('AL alhim. 



::i3 



owiiijj t(i liis business tact and jfood nianagenicnt. 
Ill- was married in Ont'ida t'omily. N. Y., ()clol)er 
■2(!, 1870, to Mif^j; Hslelia M. Teuiple, who was ro- 
niovwl from liiin liy death Octolior 17. IMS;'). Mr. 
Cooiey eontr:iilcd a sot'ond matrimonial ailiaiice 
Oetol)er :?(). 1<S8('). llie liride lieiiiit Miss Anna 
Milner, ulio was born in Oliio, January 10, 1855. 

Mr. Coolej- is a member of the Masonic fra- 
lernily. and his jiuod eliaraetcr, as well as his abil- 
ity and uprightness in business life, command the 
respect of his fellow-citizens, and insure iiis popu- 
larity among them. 

Mr. Cooiey takes great pleasure in the preserva- 
tion of . some family relics which have been banded 
down to him. Among them is a deed given to his 
grandfather, Grove Cooiey, by the Holland Lnnd 
Company in November, 173.'i. There is also a 
demit from the Dryden ( N. Y. ) Lodge of Master 
JIasons to Grove Cooiey, dated February 6, 1820. 
The commission of John 15. Cooiey as Caplaiiiin 
the Ninety-ninth Infantry (New York .Slate Militia) 
dated October 3, 1839. and signed by W. II. .Sew- 
ard, is a valued relic of the Ulack Hawk War. t'j 
which our subject's father had started, although 
lie did not get to the front until the Indian troubles 
were settled. 



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OIIN S. Kl'PKRSON. In the person of the 
subject of this notice we liavc one of the 
most liberal-minded and public-s|)iriled men 
of Sumner County. This fact is duly recog- 
nized by his fellow-citizens, who, in November, 
1888, elected bim County Commissioner, the duties 
of which odice he is discharging in a mnmier credit- 
able to himself and satisfactory to his constituents. 
He is a lifelong agriciillnrist by occupation, al- 
though lie is now retired from active labor and is 
living at his ease, having accumulated a con.pe- 
l«'nce. A Uepublican of the first water, he takes a 
warm interest in political affairs, and has been the 
Treasurer of Avon Township in the p.ast, and a 
member of the School Hoard. He and his estima- 
ble wife are members in t;ood standing of the Chris- 



tian Church, and have taken a prominent part in 
its prospei'ity and welfare, Mr. Kpperson holding 
its various ollices, and in fact being one of the 
chief pill.'us. For fort}' 3'ears both Mr. and Mrs. 
Kpperson have laboied conscientiously to further 
the .Master's cause. 

Madison County. Ky., was the native i)lace of 
Mr. Kpperson, and the date of his birth June 27, 
1827. His father, Charles Kpperson, likewise a na- 
tive of the Blue Gr.ass State, emigrated to Indiana 
where he sojourned a few years, then pushed on 
further Westward into Henton County, Iowa, where 
he spent his last years. The maiden name of the 
mother was Martha Wooilerj', and she is now with 
our subject. Mr. Kpperson was a young man of 
twenty years when he accompanied his father's 
family from Indiana to Iowa, in which .State he 
Continued to reside until 1870. In the meantime 
be was married, in Benton County, November 27, 
1848, to Miss Nancy K. Forsyth. In August. 1870, 
he removed with his family to Independence, this 
State, and November 7. 1872. came to thiscount}-. 
Soon afterward he entered one hundred and sixty 
acres of land on section 3, Avon Township, and in 
November following removed to it, and there has 
since continueil to reside. His sound sense and the 
spirit of enterprise which has signalized his opera- 
lions have had the effect, not only to place him in 
a good position, financially, but also to establish 
liiin in the esteem and confidence of his fellow- 
cilizens. He has l]uill up one of the best home- 
steads in this part of Sumner County, his well-lilled 
fields yielding him a handsome income. 

In his labors and struggles Mr. Kpperson h.is 
found a most ellicient assistant in his amiable and 
estimable wife. .Mrs. .Nancy K. (Forsyth) Kpper- 
son was born in Decatur County, Ind., .luly .">. 
1H."!1, and is the daughter of Judge J. S. Forsyth, 
who was fornii'ily the County- Judge of Benton 
County, Iowa, for a i)eriod of four years, and for 
the same length of time was the .Sheriff of Boone 
County. Ind. He came with his family to Kansas 
in 1872, and made his home with our subject, in 
Avon Township, where his decease occurred in 
1877. His wife dieil in 1850. 

Prior to their removal to this State Mr. ami 
Mrs. Kpperson had charge of the Benton County 



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(Iowa) Poor Farm for three jears, and tlie insti- 
tution under tlie management of Mr. Epperson 
underwent many improvements and reforms. There 
liave been born to T.Ir. and Mrs. Epperson six 
children, tlie eldest of wliora, a daughter, Martha 
.!.. liecarne the wife of W. G. HoUingsworth, and 
died in Harmon Township, this county, April 28, 
1887; Harry married Miss Susie Nottingham, and 
is farming in Scott County; Julius married Miss 
Ella Seeger, and is farming in Harmon Townshi]); 
Alma is the wife of W. H. C. Bowers, of Welling- 
ton ; Maiy and Florence remain at home with 
their parents. 



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^ ACOB SMITEL one of the leading farmers in 
Walton Township, was born in Prussia, Sep- 
tember 8, 1841, to Anthony and Elizabeth 
(Keiser) Smith. They emigrated to Amer- 
ica in 1857, and settled in St. Clair County. 111., 
where the father lives, and where the mother died 
on the 24th of August, 1889. The father had been 
a manufacturer of woolen goods in fierman}', but 
adopted a farmer's life after becoming a resident of 
the United States. He was in easy financial cir- 
cumstances, and was a devout member of the Catho- 
lic Church. He was the father of five children— 
Maiy, Catherine, Jacob, John and Christina, all liv- 
ing but the first born. 

The gentleman whose name initiates lliis sketch, 
was but a boy when liis parents came to America, 
and he was brought up on tlie farm in St. Clair 
Countj', 111. In 18G9 he took up his residence in 
Montgomery County, Kan., lived there until 1872, 
and then removed to Cowley Couutj', and pre- 
empted one hundred and twenty acres of land. He 
subsequently bought si,\ hundred acres in Cedar 
Township, of that county, and lived on the same 
until 1885, when he removed into Arkansas Cit^-, 
continuing to reside in that town until the spring 
of 1888, when he moved to his present home. His 
home farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres 
en stctions 12 and 13, Walton Township, which 
bears marked imiirovements. the whole estate evinc- 



ing careful management and skillful oversight. He 
is now devoting his entire attention to farming and 
stock-raising, and is adding to his prosperity, and 
phicing his affairs on a still more substantial finan- 
cial basis. In addition to his farm in this county, 
he owns one hundred and sixt^' acres in Cedar 
Tc'wnsliip. Cowley County, and some valuable real 
estate in Arkansas City. All his [iroperty has been 
acquired since he became a resident of this State, 
and is a proof of h.is unflagging industry and busi- 
ness ability. He is a devout memlier of the Catho- 
lic Church, a reliable citizen, and his social, kindly 
nature are manifested in his associations with his 
neighbors and in his domestic relations. 

An important step in the life of Mr. Smith was 
taken in 1874, wlicn he became the husband of 
Miss Katie (;allngher. of Cowley County, whose 
capalile and tasteful conduct of the household 
economy makes his home i)leasant, and his heart 
happy. Mis. Smith was born in Canada. She has 
borne her husband two children, JIary and An- 
thony, who are yet under the parental roof. 




i^. AKE IIACKNKY, a pioneer of 1871, cume 
to this county in the fall of that year from 
Adams Countj'. 111., and purchased one 
hundred and sixty acres of l-md on section 
27, Harmon Township. Of this township ho has 
since been a resident, making good improvements 
on his farm, eighty acres of which, however, he has 
disposed of, having the remaining eightj- in a fine 
state of cultivation. 

The subject of this notice was born in Chatham 
County, N. C, November 7, 1816. and when a 
small boy removed with his parents to Adams 
County, 111., where he grew to manhood. He spent 
his time after the manner of most farmer's sons, 
attending the district school in winter and making 
himself useful about the homestead in summer until 
after the outbreak of the Civil War. On the 24th 
of February, 1864, when a young man of eighteen 
years, he enlisted in Company B, Fiftieth Illinois 
Infantry and served eighteen months, oiierating 



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will) liis roj^imeiit mostly with (ien. Sherman, llo 
s!i\v ai-tivc fightiiiir. and after l)cing mnslered out 
at Springfield returned to Adams ('uiinty, III., and 
oecupied himself at farming until his removal to 
Kan.xas. 

On the I llh iif Maich, I8(J7. Mr. Ilaekney was 
married, at the hride's home in .Sehuyler County. 
III., to -Miss Maggie Baxter. This lady was born 
in Carroll County, Ohio, December '.I. 1847, and is 
the daughter of John and KUen Haxter.wlio are n.i- 
tives of Ohio and s|)ending their Last year* in Brown 
County. Kan. There have been born to .Air. and 
Mrs. Ilaekney six children, two of whom, .lolin and 
Ktla, died in infancy. The survivors are Ella, 
ICmma. Myrtle and Jessie. Mr. Ilaekney votes the 
straight Republican ticket, and has held .some of 
the school ollices of this district. He belongs to the 
.Vncient Order of United A\%jrkmen and Belle I'laine 
Tost, G. A. H. 

The parents of our subject were John and .Milly 
(Dorselt) Hackney, natives of North Carolina and 
niiw residents of Schuyler Count}'. 111. The paren 
t:il household included six children. 



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lp\ Al.1'11 A. I'.HoWN. .M. I). This promis- 
L*ii< ing young physician of South Haven es- 
'A\\ tablislied himself here in the spring of 
*^), IJSMt;, and bids fair in the near future tc> 
lake a leading jiosition among the practitioners of 
this county. His native place w.hs Ashtabula 
County. Ohio, his birth occurring April (>, IH.jjs, 
and in 18(11 Ins parents, Oeorge P. and Mary 
(Seymnur) Brown, removed to Richmond, Ind.. 
where the early school d.ays of the boy were spent. 
Ten years later the\' changed their resideuee to 
Indianapolis, and in that city Ralph A. ilevelopel 
into manhood. The family consisted of fou'- sons 
— Charles C, Ralph. George A. and Walter .S. 

In 1H77 the Brown family removed to Ann 
Arbor. Mich., in order that the boys might re- 
cei\e the advantages of a thorough education. 
The four were all graduated from the Michigan 



Stale University. During this time the mother 
kept house for her sons, while the; father was en- 
gaged as a traveling salesman. Later, the parents 
remove*! to Bloomington. III., where they now re- 
side, the father being publisher of the Illinois 
Schdol Jnunidl. lie is a well-eilucated man, and 
in former years served as Su|)erintendcnt of the 
Riclunond rublic Schools. Later, he was Princi- 
pal and Siiijerintcndcnt of the High Schools of 
Indianapolis. The elder Brown identified himself 
some years ago with the .Vncient Tree & Accepted 
Masons, of wliicli he still remains an honored 
member. 

The paternal grandfatlier of our subject was 
William Brown, a native of England, who crossed 
the Atlantic when a j'oiing man, locating in the 
Dominion of Canada. Later, he emigrated to 
New York State, where he was married to Miss 
Mary Piper, a lady of Irish anccstr}'. Finally 
leaving New York Slate, they remove! to Ohio, 
where they reared a large family and died. Ral|^i 
A., our subject, was graduated from the schools 
of Imlianapijlis in 187."), and indue tinie entered 
the medical department of the University of Mich- 
ig.an. fidui wliich he emerged in 1880, well cfpiip- 
ped for the duties of his chosen profession. He, 
however, spent one year in the hospital at Ann Ar- 
bor, and then establislieil himself in Boone County. 
Ind., where he remained until the fall of 1885. 
Tlien, on account of failing health, he spent sev- 
eral months traveling. 

Returning to Indiana|Milis. in January, 1886, 
Dr. Brown was married to Miss Cora J., daughter 
of James M. and Mary (Council) Smith. This 
lady was born December 28. 18(!4, in Boone County, 
Ind.. and was the daughter of an early pioneer of 
that region. Her mother died when slie was a 
sniill child. Her father, an aUorney-at-law. is still 
a resident of Tipton. Mrs. Brown received a care- 
fid home training and a good education, and at 
an early age developed a rare taste for music, in 
which she became quite proficient mimI ii now an 
ex|iericnced and skillful pianist. 

Dr. Brown, liy his strict attention to the duties 
of his profession, is rapidly gaining a foothold in 
his community, no less as a physician anrl surgeon 
than as a bu-iness man and a incmlicr of Uie com- 



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munity. He is a regular attendant at the Christian 
Ciiurch, of which Mrs. Brown is a devoted mem- 
ber, and he served one year as Superintendent of 
the Sunday-school. While a resident of Boone 
County. Ind., he became a member of the Inde- 
jjendent Order of Odd Fellows. He votes the 
Independent ticket, and was the first City Clerk of 
South Haven. There has been born to the Doctor 
and Lis estimable lady one child, a son, Ralph S., 
August 2.5, 1H89. 




REDERICK W. BAUM. The farming 
community of Falls Township recognizes in 
Mr. Baum one of its most enteri>rising and 
successful men. He was born in the Kingdom of 
Prussia. December 10, 18:38, and is the son of 
Frederick C. and Johanna F. Augusta (Finke) 
B:uim, who were likewise natives of that kingdom, 
and who emigrated to America in 1853. They 
settled in Calhoun County, 111., and tliere spent the 
remainder of their lives, the father engaged in 
farming pursuits. In former years, in liis native 
laud, he had been a weaver. He was a highly- 
educated man, and possessed of more than ordinary 
intelligence. There were born to him and his ex- 
cellent partner two cliildren only — Johanna F. 
Augusta and Frederick W. The former died in 
Illinois. Frederick \V^ i.s consequently the only 
surviving memlier of his family. 

Jlr. Baum was a lad of fifteen years when leaving 
his native land, and he soj(jurned with his parents 
in Calhoun County, 111., until the outbreak of the 
Civil War. In 18G1. at an early stage in the con- 
flict, he joined the L'nion army as a private in 
Company C, Tenth Missouri Infantry, and served 
with that command until November, 25, 1863. He 
l)arlicipated in many of the important battles which 
followed, and at Missionary Ridge received a 
wound which necessitated the am[iulalion of his 
left leg, between the ankle anil the knee. Conse- 
quently he received his honorable discharge, in the 
si)ring of 1864, at St. Louis, Mo. 

I'lion leaving the army, Mr, Baum returned to 



Illinois, where he spent one year, then repaired to 
St. Louis, Mo., and for a time ofliciated as City 
Weigher. He folioived various pursuits until May, 
1868, when he came to Kansas, locating in Johnson 
County, and sojourning there until 1871. In De- 
cember, that j'ear, he came to this county, and the 
following January (jurchased a claim on sections 7 
and 18, F.alls Township, upon which he located and 
where he has since resided. His industry and 
perseverance brought him ample returns, and he 
added to his pcssessions in due time by the pur- 
chase of additional land, until he is now the owner 
of two hundred acres, which have become the source 
of a fine income. At the time of his settlement 
here, the eountrj- was wild and new, infested with 
Indians and highw.aymen, who frequently made 
life a burden to settlers on the frontier. His first 
dwelling, constructed very imperfectly with the aid 
of limited tools and material, offered verj' little 
protection against the elements, and for awhile the 
only door was a blanket. Mr. Baum had no jjrop- 
erty worthy of mention when coming to this county, 
and naturally feels warmly attached to the Sunflower 
State, which has made of him a comparatively 
wealthy man. lie is a strong defender of the 
princi|)les of the Rei)ublicau party, and belongs to 
Upton Post, No. 27, G. A. R., of Caldwell. 

On the 25th of September, 1864, Mr. Baum was 
married to Miss Fredei'icka D. Wernecke. Mrs. 
Baum is a native of the same country as her hus- 
Ijand. and was born November 13, 1841. Her 
parents were Andrew and Dorothy (Franke) Wer- 
necke, who were likeivise natives of Prussia. The 
niolher died there when Mrs. Baum was a child of 
eight years. iSIr. Wernecke came to this country 
in 1857, and settled in Warren County, Mo., where 
he was severely dealt with during the war on ac- 
count of his Union sentiments. He became well-to- 
do. and died there in 1880, aged sixty -seven years. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Wernecke were born five children, 
named Fredericka D., Theresa, Wilhehnina F., 
Gustaf .and F. Herman. Mr. Wernecke was married 
a second tinu', his wife being Louisa Sontag, and 
unto them were born two children — Louisa B. and 
Anna. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Baum there has been born a 
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WaltiT. Lydin. Ada and Arllmr. Kdwaivl. Hcnja- 
iniii and Ai-llnir arc di-c-cM.sed ; the oilier three are 
at hoiiu' with tlieir i)aioiils. We direct the atten- 
tion of the reader to a li(hograpliie view of llie 
residence of our subject, found elsewliere in liiis 
volume. 



y^XW. LKWIS K. MYERS is one of the 
ill _ original Town Site Company of Wclling- 
^^^J ton, which place has been his home since 
the spring of 1H71. although lie has hcen absent 
temporarily- at various times. During his early 
years he learned considerable ()f the privations, 
toils and needs of the pioneer, and was well quali- 
fied to take a position among the frontiersmen in 
this State. During the Civil War he was a gallant 
soldier, and his title is an honorable testimony to 
his faithfulness and courage. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
George Myers, who was prol)ably born in Pennsyl- 
vania, and was the son of German parents. lie 
moved from the Keystone State to Jefferson 
County. Ohio, where the latter part of his life was 
spent, lie reared eight sons and four daughters, 
all of whom married and also reared families. One 
of his sons. Abraham Myers, was born in Wash- 
ington County, Pa., and was nearly grown when 
his parents moved to Ohio. In .lefferson Count}' he 
married Miss Margaret Spiller. a native of Wash- 
ington County, Pa. Her parents arc presumed to 
have been natives also of the Keystone State, and 
her niatcrcal grandfather. Jackson, was made a 
captive by a small band of Indians. Two brothers. 
John and Andrew Poc. attacked the savages and 
enabled Mr. .lacksfin to make his escape. 

.\brahani Myers purclia.sed a tract of one hun- 
dreil and sixty acres in Knox Township, .lefferson 
County, on which there was an improved water 
power and grist mill. There he resided, carrying 
on the occupations of a miller and a farmer, until 

l><43, when he sold and purchased land in Carroll 
County, on which he resiiled over a decade. .Sell- 
ing tt<at he went to Iowa, and settled in Inion 
County, where be took Goveri'.ment land and built 



a log house. The removal from Ohio was made 
by teams and they camped by the way. There 
were no railroads west of the Mississippi until two 
years after his seltlemenl in the llawkeye State, in 
which he had lived but a few months when his de- 
mise took place, the date of the event being Octo- 
ber. IM;')!. His widow survived until .January, 1860, 

j when she too passed away. 

1 The subject of this biograi>hy was born in Jel!er- 
son County, Ohio, May ir>, 1832, and wfis reared in 
his native State, his youth l)eing sjient in study 
and in aLsisling his father upon the farm. IJefore 
the family moved to Iowa, whither he accompanied 
tliem. he had taught one term of winter school 
The fainily was among the earliest settlers of 
I'nion County, Iowa, where Indians still lingered 
and where deer and other kinds of wild game 

, were abundant. Soon after their arrival there 

I young Myers began surveying and he also entered 
.several tracts of land under the Government land 
laws. After his father's death he an', his older 
brother imi)roved the land which his father h.ad 
taken. He had not long been a resident of the 
.Slate ere he received the appointment of Deputy 
County .Surveyor, and in 1859 he was elected 

I County Surveyor and two years later was elected 
to the ollice of .Sheriff. 

The breaking out of the Civil War found Mr. 
Myers tilling the two positions last named which 
he resigned to take his place among the defenders 
of the Uiiif)!). In August, 1802, he enlisted in 
Company II., Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and 
was mustered into the service .as First Lieutenant 
and not long after promoted to the Captaincy, re- 
taining the command of the comi)any until his dis- 
charge. The most important battles in which he 
participated were at Helena, Ark.. Little Rock, 
Saline River, and Spanish Port. At the latter place 
he was severely wounded and was transferreil to 
the hospital at New Orleans, and as soon as he was 
able to travel was granted a furlough and returned 
home. He rejoined his command at Mobile, 
whence they went to the mouth of Ibe Rio (Jrande. 
where the order for his discharge reached him. 

Returning to his former home in Iowa. Capt. 
.Myers remained there until 1871, and in February 
of that jear came ti> Kansas, traveling by rail to 



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Emporia. wUifli was then the western terminus of 
the railroad, ami thence by stage t.i Wichita. 
Thence he started with a team and accompanied by 
others for a point two and a half miles southeast of 
the present site of Wellington, which was desig- 
nated as Meridian and had been named by the 
Governor as the temporary count} seat of the newl}' 
organized county of Sumner. A village had been 
staked out there but no l)uildiiigs had been erected, 
a tent in the timber near by being the residence of 
one of the proprietors of the town site. The 
Government survey of the county was not yet 
completed and there was not a building where 
Wellington now stands, the laud, like that in other 
parts of the county, being still held by the Gov- 
ernment. 

Capt. ilyers made no claim here, but returned 
to Wichita, bought a pony and set out to explore 
the country northwest of that town. Late in 
March, however, he returned to Sumner County, 
and with seven other gentlemen formed a Town 
Site Company and made claim to the land now oc- 
cupied by the city of Wellington. On the 4th of 
April, 1871, he m:ide the first survey and at once 
platted the town. On the same day he got a man 
to remove his log cabin to this place and at once 
erected it here. Other buildings went up about 
the same time and soon quite a little village was 
started. In September an election was held to de- 
termine the location of the county seat, and Well- 
ington was one of the five towns which competed 
for that honor. None of them had a majority of 
the votes cast and W. P. Hackney, the representa- 
tive, secured the passage of the present law that 
o-overns countj' seat elections in Kansas, and at the 
fifth election Wellington was victorious. The 
township built a stone court house that was leased 
to the county, rent free, for ten years, and which 
WuS occupied as the Seat of Justice until 1881, 
when the present handsome and commodious struc- 
ture was erected. 

The wife of Cai)t. JNIyers bore the maiden name 
of Mary Guthridge and their marriage was cele- 
brated October 30, 1860. The bride was born in 
Champaign County, Ohio, April 24, 1840, and her 
father, Darius J. Guthridge, was a native of the 
same county. In 18.34 he removed to Iowa, his 



first settlement in that State being on the line of 
Union and Clarke Counties, where he was one of 
the pioneers. He opened a general store there and 
when the town of Afton was started the following 
year, he moved his slock of goods and opened the 
first store in the new town. There he continued to 
reside until 1880, when he was gathered to his fa- 
thers. He was a successful business man, a natural 
orator, and possessed an emineiHly social nature. 
His wife, whose maiden name was Mary J. Owens, 
died in Ohio while quite young. Mrs. Myers re- 
ceived the best training and education which her 
father's means could compass in the circumstances 
which surrounded them during her youth, and 
grew to a worthy womanhood. She has l>orne her 
husband three children — William A.. iMiilh and 
May; the elder of the girls is now a teacher in the 
schools in the county. 

Capt. Myers is the only member of the original 
Town Site Comi)any who now resides in Welling- 
ton. His social and benevolent nature has led him 
to take a decided interest in the social orders and 
he belongs to several lodges. He is a meaiber of 
James Shield Post No. 57, G. A. R., Wellington 
Lodge No. 150, A. F. & A. M.; Sumner Chapter 
No. 37, 1\. A. M., and St. John Commandery No. 
24, K. T. It is needless to state that he is well re- 
spected, not only in the city in whose welfare he 
has ever been interested, but wherever his char- 
acter and works are known. 



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f^T'RANKLIN E. KNOWLES is the owner and 
[— ^^1 occupant of an improved and cultivato<l 
l|j farm in Osborn Township, which was taken 

by him as a pre-emption claim in 1870, since which 
time he has become well-known as a business man 
of Wellington, where he was for some years en- 
gaged in carrying on a meat market. He is a son 
of Henry and Sarah (Waters) Knowles, who be 
came residents of this county in 1877. His father 
was born in New York State, and after living there 
many years, became a resident of BlcIIenry Conntv, 
111. After coming to this State, he engaged iii the 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAIMIICAL ALBUM. 



•ill 



cattle liiisiness, anil is still so occupied. >ris. 
Ilenrv Knowles is a native of Micliiiran. and is tlie 
mother of seven cliildien — Kllcii. Wesley, Frank K., 
Kva, Alice, Flora, and Cliarles. 

The gentleman whose name initiates tliis skelcii. 
first ojiene 1 his eyes to tiie light in Mcllenry 
County, HI., April 5, l8;j:?, and was reared in 
Marengo, receiving a eominoii-sciiool eilucation. 
and supplementing it by a eoniniereial course of 
study. When, in the Centennial year, he deter- 
mined to hecome a citizen of Kansas, he took up 
one hundred and sixty acres on section 8, Oshorn 
Township, and made such improvements as were 
necessary, coupled with his residence thereon, to 
enable him to prove up. He then engaged in busi- 
ness in Wellington, continuing it until 1886. when 
he sold out, and in February. 188',t. owing to ill 
health, he abandoned it and returned to hi< farn). 

The lady whose housewifely skill and amiable 
disposition makes a happy home for Mr. Knowles. 
was in her m.-.idenhootl Miss Maggie K. CuUey, 
and the rites of wedlock were celel)ratcd between 
them May 30. 1883. Mrs. Knowles was born in 
Logan County. HI., February 28, 18G1, .ind is the 
daughter of Jan^es and Margaret (Jackson) Culley. 
who are also natives of the Prairie State. She has 
borne two children, Harley and Fldna, both of 
whom have been removed from their loving par- 
ents bv the hand of tlcath. 



SHRANK K. KOr.r.INS, President of the First 
ij!;^; Natit)iial IJank of Wellington, came to Sum I 
J\ ^^^ ner County, in May, 1887, and succeeding ! 
Roubeii H. Ilarpliam in the position which he now i 
holds, has since retained that place, to which he 
was elected in .lanuary, 188H-h;i.1iO, and re-elected j 
the following year. He was also incumbent of the 
otliceof cashier for two years, but in January, 1890, 
Mr. K. L. Beattie was elected cashier. Though so 
short a time a resident of this city, Mr. Bobbins is ' 
a prominent and popular citizen, his excellent moral ] 
character and business tact winning respect, and his 
alTable ami social nature gaining warm fiiends. 



His father, Daniel Bobbins, was born in Ken- 
tucky about the year 179;'), and went to Illinois at 
an early day, becoming one of the first settlers of 
Dewitt County, and hying out the town of Dewitt, 
tlien <'all('d Marion. About the year 18.S7. Daniel 
Hobliiiis married. Miss Rebecca Day. ami being 
elected County Judge in 18.50, removed to Clin- 
ton, the county seit, where he continued to reside 
until his death in 1809. He wiis Postmaster of that 
city for a nuiubcr of years, and w.as a |)rominent 
P'jiitician. being a life-long Whig and Rei)ublican. 
His willow nianied R. Rollins, and is now living 
in -McLean County. 

The subject of our sketch was born in Dewitt 
County, III.. November 17, 1817, and grew to ma- 
turity in Clinton, where he learned the ))rofession 
of a druggist, and cng.aged in that business, follow- 
ing it for some eight years in that place, under the 
firm name of Day & Robbins. He then carried on 
the same business in Kenney for nine years, and 
until the date of his removal to this State. While 
in Kenney, he was united in marriage with Miss 
Lura Randolph, the ceremony taking place on De- 
cember 28, 1«7G, at the home of the bride's father, 
J. H. Randolph, a prominent farmer of that county. 
Mrs. Roljbins was born there May 22. 18.')9, was 
well-educated, and possessed many fine traits of 
character. While en route to San Antonio. Tex,, 
for her health, in December, 1881, she was called 
from earth, her decease taking place in New Or- 
leans. She had borne two children, of whom one, 
a daughter, F.dna, is still living. 

Though only a boy in his teens, .Mr. Robbins en- 
listed October?), 18GI, in Company K. of (iov. 
Oglesby's old Regiment, the Kightli Illinois Infan- 
try. They were sent to Memphis, Tenn.. and on to 
the Mississippi River, taking part in the charge at 
S[)anish Fort, and also chaiging Ft. Blakelej-, and 
going into Mobile at the head of the troops, the 
colors of that regiment being the first planted on 
the fort by the Union soldiers. Mr. Robbins served 
until October, o, 18(io, when he was honorably dis- 
charged, and returned from Texas to his home, 
having fortunately escaped wounds or capture. 

During his residence at Kenney, III., Mr. Rob- 
bins w.-is appointed Postmaster by President Hayes, 
and served cisht years, until the change of admin- 



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istration. He was an active Republican worlier in 
that county, but not an aspirant for office, being 
content to serve liis pai't3' in tlie ranks. He be- 
longs to tlie Masonic fratcrnitv, the Knights of 
Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, and for two years represented the Odd Fel- 
lows Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State, at 
Springfield, 111. 



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'^f LBFRT R. CiUIC'K, Assistant Cashier of the 
(@7LJ| Stock Exchange Bank at Caldwell, may be 

|rii classed as a self-made man, as l.e began 
ij life for himself with only what nature bad 

bestowed upon him in the way of capital, if we 
except a common-school education. He began a 
business career early in his teens, and young as he 
is has an enviable reputation in Sumner County 
for his business ability and good character. 

The paternal ancestors of our subject were from 
Holland, and the Keystone State was the family 
abiding place for many years. In that State Eman- 
uel B., the father of our subject, was born about 
1814. and he breathed his last in Milford, in 1881. 
He was a shoemaker and worked at his trade all liis 
life, securing a comfortable support and being in 
easv financial circumstance at the time of his death. 
He served as one of the Commissioners of Pike 
County seveial years, and had good standing 
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife, 
whose maiden name was Catherine Ennis, was also 
})orn in the Keystone State, still survives aud is in 
good he ilth although she is now about seventy- 
three years old. The parental family was made up 
of two sons and a daughter, who were christened 
Edgar, Bella and Alliert R. 

In Milford, Pike County. Pa., October 1, 1852, 
the eyes of our subject first opened to the light, 
and his early years were passed amid the usual 
surroundings of boyiiood in the family" of a trades- 
man. Having acquired a good understanding of 
the common-school branches, at the age of fifteen 
years he began clerking in a general store, subse- 
quently engaging in u;eneral merchandising for 



himself and enjoying a ver3- successful business 
career in that line until 1881, when he sold out and 
moved West. He located in Emporia, Kan., and 
for a time was engaged in the stock business, after 
which he entered the employ of the Atchison, To- 
peka & Santa Fe Railro.ad as agent. In 188o he 
was located at Caldwell and served in the cajmcity 
of agent at that place until the following year, 
when he was tenderel the position which he is now 
filling in the Stock Exchange Bank. He is well 
qualified for tlie post which he occupies and is re- 
garded by business men as a very careful and ac- 
curate cashier. He is a stockholder in the bank 
and also owns valuable real estate in Caldwell. In 
politics he is a Democrat and is a Master Mason in 
one of the social orders. 

In 1873 Mr. (^uick was united in marriage with 
Miss Mae E. Chapman, of Readfiehl, Me., a daugi;- 
of Ira S. and Elizabeth (Ta3'lor) Chapman. Two 
sons and one daughter have been born to Mr. and 
Mrs. Quick, and they bear the names of Hairy ^1., 
J. Wallace and Bell II. 



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(5^^HOMAS V. OGDEX. This gentleman is one 
of the oldest settlers of Sumner County, and 
one of the most substantial and highly re- 
spected citizens of Wellington, where he is engaged 
in the livery business and horse dealing. His estab- 
lishment is situated on Lincoln Avenue, ami is well 
patronized, and is well supplied with vehicles and 
steeds, thirty to forty head of equines being usually 
kept. Mr. Ogden was born in Fulton County, III., 
August 11, 1854, and in the spring prior to his 
eighteenth birthday accompanied his parents to this 
county. They settled six miles east of Wellington, 
which was then but a small village, the father tak- 
ing up a raw quarter section in Avon Townshii), 
erecting a frame house upon it an<l beginning its 
further improvement. Our subject can well re- 
member when buffaloes roamed over these prairies, 
and when deer and smaller game abounded. 

Mr. Ogden remained with his parents until about 
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tion iif liiiiil in tin- same lowiisliip, tliroo miles east 
of this pliife. ami l)e<^an rci'laimiiiy; the raw ))iaiiie 
and puttinir upon it siicli inipru\cM)cnts as are usu- 
ally made liy enterprising a2:rii'iilliiralists. He 
l)roi<eone liumlred anil twenty aeresof the su<l. and 
put the l)alan('e iindor good fences for use as pas- 
ture, set out an orchard and grove, erected good 
l)uildings, and made one of the fine fauns of the 
county. For the past live years lie has rented his 
estate, and has been carrj-ingon theliveiy Imsiness 
here, proving his business aliility in its manage- 
ment, and winning esteem by his iiunoi'able con- 
duct and good character. He votes with tlie 
Democratic party, but has no political aspirations, 
and has little to do with parly affairs except in ex- 
cising the right of suffrage. 

The father of our subject. T. \'. Ogden.Sr.. was 
born in Ohio, and raarrietl Miss Sarali Hoardwine. 
of Fulton Count}-, III., where lie settled as a farmer. 
His wife is a native of Virginia, but lived in Illi 
nois sonie time previous to her marriage. Their 
family comprises eigiit children, all slill living. 
The senior Jlr. Ogden is well-known as one of the 
early settlers of this county, and as a successful 
farmer, now owning three hundred acres in Falls 
Township, twenty miles southwest of this place. 
He an<l his wife are worthy parents of the son who 
is taking a high stand among the young men of the 
county, and who bids fair to become still more 
prominent and influential in the vears to come. 






1)>UN1) ROCKIIOLI). This gentleman, in 
ip^ the spring of 188!t, established himself as a 
I' — '-^ farmer in Downs Township, purchasing 
cislity acres of land on section l.'l, where he still 
lives and carries on general farming, lie li-is at- 
tained to considerable prominence in the comnni- 
nily, being a stanch supporter of the Republican 
parly, and is an Klder of the Cumberland rresby- 
terian Church. He is now approaching the sixty- 
lifth year of his age. having been l)orn March I!). 
l.H'i.'i. and is a native of Baltimore Couniy. Md.. 
where for many years his father, the Rev. Ivlmuiid 



Rockliold, a native of the same county, ollieiated 
.as a minister of the Methodist IVotestant Church. 
The latter was born in 1770. an<l departed this life 
in Baltimore County. Md.. at the age of seventy- 
six year!". 

The paternal grandfather of the subject of this 
notice was .lacob Rockliold. a native of FIngland, 
who emigrated to America in 1 7C0. locating in 
Baltimore County, Mil., where he carried on farm- 
ing and died at the age of seventy-six years, six 
months and twenty days. The mother of our sub- 
ject was in her girlhood Miss Susan .Miller, she was 
a native of the same county as her husband and 
son. and spent her Last days in Butler County, 
Ohio, passing away at the age of sixty-three years. 
Her parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Marshall) 
Miller. Grandfather Miller w.as born in (Termany, 
whence he emigrated to the United .Slates at an 
early d.ay, settling in Pennsylvania, where he mar- 
ried his wife, who was a native of that State. Sub- 
seriuently the}' removed to Maryland, where 
Grandfather Miller died when eighty-seven years 
old. He was a miller by occiipnlioii. a ste.ady-go- 
ing, piiidenl and industrious man who enjoyed the 
esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. 
Grandmother Miller died at the age of seventy- 
eight years in Stark County, Ohio. 

To Kdmund Jr., and Susan (Miller) Rockliold 
there was born a fainil}- of live children, namely : Kd- 
niun.l. Susan. Hannah, William and John. The sub- 
ject of this notice was the first-born and is the only 
living member of the family. He was leared on a 
farm in his native county, and received the educa- 
tional advantages afforded by the common schools. 
When a man of twenty-seven years, he, in 18.j2, 
removed to Butler Couniy, Ohio, and aftei' the out- 
break of the Civil War, enlisted as a Union soldier 
ill .Septemlier, 1863, in Company B, One llundreil 
and 'i'liirty-fourth Ohio Infantry. He only served 
until the following year, being mustered out and 
returning to his old haunts in l$utler County. He 
remained there until the spring of 1880. then 
turned his face to the country west of the Missis- 
sippi. 

Mr. Rockliold was married in his native .stale 
October 20. 18111. to .Miss Kli/.a Klderdice. Mrs. 
Rockliold was bom in Frederick County. .Md.. 



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June 20. 1820. and is the daugbler of Hugh and 
Catlieiine (Jleyers) Elderdice, who were natives of 
Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. The grand- 
mother on the mother's side was a Barbara Martin, 
and on the father's side, was Mary Stewart, who 
was .Scotcii-Irish, and was of royal blood. Mr. El- 
derdice was a farmer by occupation, and removed 
from his native State to Maryland, where he and 
his excellent wife spent their last days. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Rockhold there have been born seven 
children, viz.: Kate, James, Abbic, Mary, Tillie, 
Ella and .lohn C. Mary was taken from the home 
circle when a young woman of twenty-seven years; 
James died when a promising youth of sixteen; 
Abbie died at the age of three years. John C. 
married Miss Rose DeFreese and lives in St)ivey, 
and is Roadm.aster of the Mulvane extension of the 
Santa Fe Railroad; Mary married J. W. Hoover, 
who is County Superintendent of Schools; Kate is 
married to B. F. Grove, of York. Pa. 



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'ifi OHN R. SIMONS is the owner and oci .; 
I pant of !i pleasant home in Wellington 
I Township, where he has been living since 
^^Bf' 1884. Early in life he began agricultural 
labors and the management of a farm, provirg 
very successful in his occupation and ever mani- 
festing an industry and good judgment highly 
creditable to his natural qualities and his training. 
He is a man of prol)ity and intelligence, a reliable 
citizen, and stands well in the regard of his asso- 
ciates and fellow-cit'zens. 

Wales claims the honor of being the birtliplai <• 
of our subject and of the ancestral line for gener- 
ations. His grandfatiier, Edward Simons, S[)ent 
his entire life in that land. Edward Simons, Jr., 
the father of our subject, was born in Denbigh 
shire, was there reared and educated and lived until 
1843, when accompanied by his wife and four 
children he came to America. His first settlement 
was made in Kendall County, 111., and among llic 
frontiersmen of Oswego Township he began tin 
dovelupmenl of a tract of wild land which he ha i 



purchased. At that date and for some 3-ears after, 
there were no railroads in the Prairie State, and 
Chicago, then a city of about seven thousand in- 
habitants, was the nearest market and a drive of 
forty miles was necessary to reach it. The parents 
of our subject resided in Illinois until 1886 when 
they came to Kansas to spend their last days with 
our subject. Both are still living at an advanced 
age, the father will be ninety in June and the 
mother eighty- eight j'ears of age. The maiden 
name of the mother was Margaret Roberts and she 
also is a native of Wales. She has borne nine 
children, two of whom, Hannah, and our subject, 
still survive. 

He whose name initiates this sketch was born in 
no|)e. Wales, about two and a half years before 
the familj- moved to America and he therefore has 
no recollection of the land of his nativity. He, 
however, well remembers the t^ioneer life in Illi- 
nois, where as soon as he was large enough he 
began to assist his father on the farm and l)eing 
the only son, while yet in his teens had its manage- 
ment placed upon his shouldeis. After his marriage 
he purchased two hundred and forty acres in the 
same township, and in addition to ids farming 
operated a threshing machine twenty seasons. He 
sold his lilinois property in 1884 and coming to 
AVellington bought one hundred and sixty acres of 
land adjoining the town and at once began farming 
here. Two years later he took advantage of the 
boom and sold the greater part of his land at a 
good advance on its original price, but still occu- 
pies the house into which he first moved on becom- 
ing a resident of this State. 

In I8G4 Mr..'^iluons was united in marriage with 
Miss Susannah R. Minkler, an estimable lad}' pos- 
sessed of many womanly qualities. She had borne 
live children: Burton R., Louisa E., Slinkier E.. 
Ivah A., and Kansas. The oldest daughter is the 
wife of Samuel J. Lumbard, attorney -at-law, of 
Chicago. III. 

The father of Mis. Simons is Smith G. Minkler. 
who was born in Albany Countj', N. Y., and whose 
father, Peter Minkler. is presumably a native of the 
same State. In 1833, Peter Minkler and his family 
joined a colony and journeyed to Illinois, travel- 
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journey, as told l)V Smith Miiiklci-. appears in liic 
history of Kemlall County. 111., which was pub- 
lished a few years since. In that county the ehh-r 
.Ml'. .M inkier located, being one of the first settlers 
in what is now Kendall Township, where he secured 
a tract of Government land upon which he resided 
until his death. 

.Smith (1. Minklcr was a young man when the 
family moved from New York ami he reached 
man's estate in Kendall County, where he w.ts 
married and where he also secured a tract of Gov- 
ernment land, building upon it a log house in 
which Mrs. Simons w.is born. .\t the time of his 
settlement, deer, wolves and other kinds of game 
were plentiful in the vicinity. Indians still lingered 
there, and the surrounding countr}- was very 
sparsely settled. The greater part of the land was 
prairie and w.as the last to be settled, as the first 
comers thought it would not produce crops and 
therefore cleared the groves. When the land 
.Smith Minkler took came into market he was short 
|!16 of the requisite amount of money to pay for 
it and he started ou!, to hire the money. He trav. 
eled a long distance on horseback before he could 
find any one possessing that amount, but he finally 
obtained the loan, giving a moitgage on the farm 
to secure it. He has been a continuous resilient of 
that place since he first locate<l upon it. lie very 
early developed an interest in fruit culture and 
started a luirserN". and for many years past has been 
an infinenlial member of the Northern Illinois 
Horticultural .Society, and has served both as its 
President and its Treasurer. He Inis served as 
Stewaril and Trustee of the Methodist Kpiscopal 
Church and has been a Class-Leader for many 
years, his wife also being a member of that denom- 
ination. To him and his wife five children were 
born, of .vhom four reached years of maturity. 
They are: Ijclsey. .Mrs. Simons. Isllis T.. .Mnd 
Florence. 

The mother of .Mrs. Simons, and wife of Smith 
.Minkler. w.as in her maidenhood .Miss .Sarah A. 
Burton. .She was born near Yarmouth, Kngland, 
and is a ilaiighter of Nathaniel and Susannah 
(Uansom) Burton, both of whom were natives of 
the Mother Country, whence they came to America 
about lK3f), locating in Kendall County. III. as 



pioneer resK'cnts. Mr. Burton improved a farm 
there upon which he and his wife resided many 
years an<l whence they went to Ottawa to live 
with a daughter, dying in lli:U city when (juile 
advanced in years. 




HO.M.\s UICIIAKDSON, Su. The subject 
of this biography stands prominent among 
the mercantile interests of W ellington and 
deals chiefly in dry -goods, having a fine large store, 
occupying No. 114 Washington Avenue, at Wel- 
lington. Kngaging in business here in May, 1879, 
he is therefore one of the oldest established mer- 
chants of the place and carries a complete stock of 
everything in his line. He has built up a large 
patronage and his business ability and integrity are 
unijueslioncd. 

Mr. Uichardson was born near Frankfort. Ky.. 
April 2. 1814. and li\ed there until a young man 
of twenty-one years. After completing his educa- 
tion he established hiins>''lf in business at La Grange. 
Mo., and carried on general merchandising in that 
State for tiie long period of thirty-six years and 
about seven years at Lancaster. Schuyler County, 
Mo. He h.as been continuously behind the dry 
gooils counter for fifty-five years, having begun 
August 20, 18.35. and all this time has been in busi- 
ness for himself. With the exceiition of having 
been burned out at La (Grange he has been uni- 
formly successful. Wl.ile a resident of Missouri 
he served in the various city offices and was Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trustees of the La Grange 
Ba|)tist College for fourteen years. In the early 
days he was an Old Clay Whig, but later identified 
himself with the Democratic [)arty. For tliirty- 
nve years he has been a member in good standing 
of the liaptist Churcli anil for probably twenty- 
five years has been i-onnccted with the Masjnic 
fraternity. 

In March. ls4(;. Mr. Richanlsoji was united in 
marriage with Miss .America C. Muldrow at PhiK- 
delphia, Mo., where Mrs. Hichanlson had been at- 
tending a Presbyterian institution of learning. 



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Tliis union resulted in tlie birtii of eii^lit cliililren. 
of whom onl^'tliiee are living, viz.: Lizzie, Tiionias, 
a resident of Pueblo, Col., and John, who mar- 
ried Miss Ik'lle Fatten, of Wellington, and is en- 
gaged in merclutndi.sing in business with his father. 
Mr. Richardson is a man highly respected in his 
community and bears an unblemished reputation. 
His parents are Allen and Elizabeth (Payne) 
Richardson, who were residents of Kentuck}- and are 
now deceased. 






^^1, HARL?:S L. CROOKHAM, business nian- 
//( ^ ager of the Ncir Era at South Haven, also 
^^J(' holds the ofHco of City Clerk, to which he 
was elected in May, 1888. He is still a young man, 
having been born September 13, 18(i3, but has al- 
ready entered upon a promising career. His na- 
tive place was Circleville, Ohio, from which his 
parents, Oliver and Mary .T. ( Walden) Crookham, 
came to Kansas in 1871. They located at Eureka, 
where the mother is still living. Oliver Crookham 
only survived his removal to the West three short 
years, being murdered in October, 1874, by one 
Alexander Herman, who is now serving a life sen- 
tence for the crime which was premeditated and 
unprovoked. Herman wus the first criminal given 
a life sentence in Greenwood C'ount3\ He had 
been hired by Mr. Crookham to break prairie, and 
when only half the j<-b was completed, was re- 
quested by Mr. Crookham to discontinue his labors 
as his work was not satisfactory, which conclusion 
on the part of Mr. Crookham was upheld by arbi- 
trators. Mr. Crookham paid the man bis full price, 
and two years later, one day Herman went up to 
him and shot him without any words passing be- 
tween them. Mr. Crookham was at the time husk- 
ing corn on his farm. 

Oliver Crookham was a man of excellent char- 
acter, a Swedenborgian in his religious views, a 
consistent Christian, and an honest man. He was 
born, reared and married in Jackson County. Ohio, 
of which the mother of our sul)ject was also a na- 
tive, and the}' lived in Circleville sixteen 3'ears be- 



I fore coming to this .State. After leaving Ohio they 
reside I four years at Sijringfield, Mo. The pater- 
nal grandfather of our subject was George L. 
Crookham, a uative of England, who emigrated to 
the United States when a young man, and located 
in Jackson County, Ohio. He was of studious 
habits, and through his own efforts obtained a good 
education, and spent much of his time as a natural- 
ist. AVheu employed he manufactured sugar from 
beets, and established some of the salt works in the 
Buckeye Stste. He was in the Government em- 
ploy as a naturalist and a mathematician, and be- 
longed to the National Mathematical Association. 
A man of broad and liberal ideas, he identified 
himself with the early abolitionists, and assisted 
fugitive slaves in making their escape to Canada. 
He was born in England, and spent his last days in 
Jackson County, Ohio, dying at the age of sixt}-- 
six years. 

The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
Jonathan Walden, a native of Greenbriar County, 
in what is now West Virginia. He emigrated to 
Jackson County, Ohio, when a mere boy, was there 
married, reared a family, and died there about 
1856. He tr.aced his ancestry to the pilgrims who 
landed in the Mayflower, and who were of Scottish 
birth and antecedents. To Oliver and Mary Crook- 
ham there w.as born a family of six children, of 
whom Charles L.. our subject, was the 30ungest. 
The days of his boyhood an(i youth were spent un- 
eventfully on a farm, and in attendance at the dis- 
trict .school. Later he entered the Kansas Normal 
College at Ft. Scott, from which he was graduated 
in June, 1886. In the fall of that year he made 
his fiist advent in South Haven, and established 
himself as a general merchant. Afterward he 
served as clerk in the bank six months. He is now 
engaged as a loan agent and in the insurance busi- 
ness. The Nor Era with which lie is at present 
connected as business manager, was first established 
as a private enterprise, and jiurchased later by a 
stock company. It has a circulation of about four 
hundred, and is a newsy local paper, devoted 
chieUy to the interests of Sumner County. 

Mr. Crookham. on the •27th of July, 1887, was 
joined in wedlock, at Eureka, Kan., with Miss Con- 
stance E.. daughter of Robert and Elizabeth J. 



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(Brj'son) Wiggins. The ancestors of Mrs. Ciook- 
liam were of Irish origin, and first represonled in 
liie rnited States at a very carli' day. Siie was 
horn August 27, l.SC.'i, in Canada. Of her union 
witii our sul)je(t tiiere is one child, a son, Artliur 
L. Mr. Crooiiiiani, politically, alliliatcs with the 
Republican party, and sociall}', belongs to South 
Haven Lodge. No. 114, I. O. (). F. In .addition to 
Ills other interests, he is a member and .Secretary of 
the South Haven Building and Loan Association. 
and Vice-President of the State Immigration Bu- 
reau of SuiHuer Countv. 



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PRANCIS M. MILLS is one of the oldest 
settlers of Oxford Township, to which lie 
came in 1871, sticking a stake on the claim 
which he still occupies, about the 23d of April, and 
beginning the labor of preparing a home at once. 
The laud occupies the northeastern part of section 
2<l, and was the outsiile claim from the vill.age iu 
that direction when Mr. Mills filed on it. Oxford 
then consisted of four buildings in process of con- 
struction, only the frames being up. Mr. Mills 
drew the lumber for his home from Newton, sixiy 
miles distant, and was ten d.iys in making the trip, 
during which he experienced some very cold 
weather. He saw some antelopes and prairie 
wolves when he first set up housekeeping here, and 
was a witness to all the dcveloptncnt in this section, 
as^^isting in the organization of the school district 
(No. 33) and in the buihiing of the schoolhouje. 
Mr. Mills is a son of John and Dorcas (Allison, 
Mills, buth of whom were born in Augusta County 
\'a., where their marriage also took place. They 
removed to Ohio, where the father cleareil up a 
farm, upon which the family resided until his 
death, in 1H39. The eldest son in the family— 
William Mills — was born in 1812, and he ol 
whom wc write, December l!i, 1831. When our 
subject was fourteen years old the family remave<l 
to Sangain^in County, III., where he grew to matu- 
rity, leaving the parental roof when of age. anil 
going to Logan County, where he engaged in farm- 



ing for some time. The mother also went to that 
county, where she died in 1861. During that year 
our subject went to Montana an<I eng.aged in 
mining, remaining in that Territory about five 
years, when he returned to his home in Lf)gan 
County. The following spring he came to Mont- 
gomery County, in the eastern part of this State, 
and a year later to this county, and after having 
filed his claim and erected a ilwelling, began his 
permanent residence here in May. 

The lady who noldy shared in Mr. ^lills' ))io- 
neer work here bore the maiden name of Harriet 
C. Shaw, and the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
between them in DeWitt County, III., January 21, 
1863. The union has resulted in the birth (if three 
children — Abl)ie L. died at the age of six years 
and twenty days; Fannie, at the age of nine 
months; the surviving daughter. Mary E., is now 
nine years of age and a bright and interesting 
young girl. Mrs. Mills was born in Orange County, 
N. Y., July 7, 1840, and is a daughter of Alexander 
W. Shaw, who was born in Westchester County. 
November 2, 1806, and after his marriage to Miss 
Adeline Welch, niade his home in Orange County 
until his death, which took place in December, 
1852. His entire life in that county had been 
spent on the same farm. After the death of her 
mother, in December. 1858, the daughter went to 
Illinois, where she resided until some time after 
her marriage. 

Mr. Mills never fails to cast his vote with the 
Republican party, feeling a deep interest in the 
welfare of the couutrv, though he has no personal 
political aspiiations. He is a highly-res|)ecti'd 
citizen, and a man ivhose life has been usefully 
and (piiclly s]ient. 

We invite the reader's attention to a lithographic 
poitrait of Mr. Mills, presented iu connection with 
his biogra|)hical sketch. 

5^ HARLKS RANDALL, a peaceable and law- 
abiding citi/en of Avon Township, owns 
Si/' and occupies a snug liomo.sleail on section 
I 12, of whicii he became the owner in 1X71. Mr 



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lives quietly and unostentatiously, making the 
record of an honest man and a good citizen, and 
reaping from his well-developed lields a comforta- 
ble income. 

A native of Rensselaer Count)-, N. Y., Mr. Ran- 
dall was born October 17. 181!^. but spent the most 
of his time until twenty one years old in Warren 
County, that State, being reared upon a farm. 
Later he visited Pennsjlvania and Illinois, and in 
the spring of 1870, crossing the Father of Waters, 
established iiimself as a resident of Wilson County, 
this State. 

After a sojourn of two years in the above- 
mentioned county, Mr. Randall, in the spring of 
1871, arrived within the borders of Sumner 
Countj' and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
acres of land, which has since remained in his 
possession. He settled upon it in February, 1872, 
and commenced at first jirinciples in the construc- 
tion of a homestead. No small amount of labor 
was required in the cultivation of the primitive 
soil, the builiiing of fences and the erection of his 
farm buildings, which, without making any preten- 
tions to elegance, are reasonably convenient and 
comfortable. Mr. Randall prospered as a tiller of 
the soil, and invested his capital in additional land, 
until he is now the c)wner of two hundred acres, 
all of which has been brought to a goo 1 state of 
cultivation, and the taxes upon which assist in 
augmenting the contents of the county treasury 
to no small extent. 

After coming to tiiis county Mi\ Kandall was 
married at the home of the bride in Avon Town- 
ship. April 20, 187;). to Miss Sarah A. Batt. This 
lady was born i;i Somersetshire, England, June 
10, 1858. and is the daughter of AVilliara J. and 
Sarah A. (Brice) Bait, who were both likewise na- 
tives of that shire. Tiie mother spent her last 
ye.'irs in Sumner Count}-, Kan., and the fallier is in 
New Zealand. 

Nine children have been born to Mi', and Mrs. 
Randall, whom they named respectively: William 
C. who died at the age of six mouths; Ilavv, 
Henrietta I., Grace M.. Francis R.. Louis, Charles, 
Lena and Irving W. ]\Ir. Randall, ptjlitically, is a 
sound Republican. He was elected Township 
Treasurer in the fall of 1887. and re-elected the 



two following years, serving now his third term. 
He is the friend of education and all the enter- 
prises set on foot for the ])rogress and welfare of 
the people, socially, morally and financially. 

The father of our subject was Elisha Randall, 
who married Miss Melvina Prouty, and lioth were 
natives of New York State. Both died in Warren 
County, N. Y. 



^^LPHONSO B. RICE. One of the most 
@/u| attractive rural residences of Oxford 
II I& Township is tiiat owned and occupied by 
^J the above named gentleman, and which 

was erected in August, 1884, and was the first 
fine house built in the neighborhood. It is a two- 
stor)- structure, the main part liaving a dimension 
of 10x28 feet, and with an addition 18x22 feet in 
the form of an L. The estate which surrounds it 
comprises one hundred and sixt}- acres on section 
21, and is supplied with a fine orchard, grove, and 
other shrubber}', hedges, barn, wind-mill, and such 
farm buildings as are necessary to one eng.aged in 
general farming and stock-raising, all being well 
constructed, commodious and adequate. Mr. Rice 
raises excellent grades of stock, and his crops are 
among the best in qualitj' and quantity. 

Our subject is a native of Ohio, and a son of 
Alfred Rice, whose history may be found in the 
biography of Albert Rice, which occupies another 
place in this volume. His natal daj- was Novem- 
ber 6, 1847, and when but a child he went with 
the other members of the family to Noble County, 
Ind., where he grew to maturit)-, completing his 
education at Kendallville. He then engaged in 
farming, leaving his mother's home at the age of 
twenty years to spend some time in the northern 
part of Michigan. In the fall of 1870, he came to 
Cowley Count)', Kan., and took up a quarter-sec- 
tion of land, and after proving up on it sold 
and purchased in the valley of the Arkansas, where 
he liked the country better. He is the second 
member of the family who settled in this county, 
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broken, iiiul liis first dwelling wns a little cotton- 
wood lionso. Ilis industry and energy have lieen 
displayed in liis management of the estate, ami the 
success he has met with in Ininging it to its pres- 
ent state of perfection. 

The marriage of our subject took place near 
Jloline, Allegan County, Jlich.. .lune !•'!, 18(!!), 
the britlc l)eing Miss Soplironia M. Montague, an 
inielligenl and worthy lady, who lias l)orne liim 
tliree children, two of wlioni — Laura Ellon and 
Maud M. — still survive. Mrs. Rice was born in 
Ohio, October 18, 18."):5, and was two years old 
when her parents removed to Michigan, where she 
grew to womanhood. Her father. .Sandford Mon- 
tague, is a native of \'ern>ont, where he niairied 
Miss Jeruslia Washburn. He was thirty years old 
when he removed to Ohio, whence he afterward 
went to Allegan County, Mich., and there he and 
his wife are still living, their present home being 
near Biadley. 

Mr. Rice is a believer in and supporter of the 
principles of tiie Republican party. lie is highly 
respected as an honest, honorable and ui)right man, 
and a citizen vi reliability. 



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:«1 lirll.LlA.M C. \\I11:ALV. The im 
\jjj/,' !»iid enterprise exercised by this bo 
W^ pii^neer of Sumner County has resul 



^. ]>11.L1A.M v.. WHKALV. The industry 

bonoreil 
Ited in 

the accumulalion of four hundred broail acres of 
land, tincl}- located on sections \5 !>nd 22, Avon 
Township. To the cultivation and improvement 
of this he has given his undivided time and atten- 
tion since lirst settling upon it, bringing the soil to 
a productive condition and erecting thereon sub- 
stantial buildings. In addition to general iigricul- 
turc lie is considerably interested in stock-raising. 
In his labors and struggles Mr. Whealy has been 
aided and encouraged by the industry anil counsel 
of a sensible and excellent wife who has performed 
her part in building up the home and |)roviiling 
something to defenil them frt)ni want in their de 
dining ^ears. 

A native of the I)on)inion of Canada, .Mr.Wlieuly 



was born in I'erlh County. Province of Ontario. 
March 21, 18-l.'i, and there attained to man's estate. 
When twenty-three years old. he in the winter of 
18()G repaired to the lumber regions of Michigan, 
and the following spring returned Eastward as far 
as Starke County. III. He sojourned there until 
tlie tall of 1870, occupying himself in farming 
inirsuits. Next he crosscti the Mississippi and 
coining into Woodson County, this Slate, resided 
there until the spring of 1871. then coming to this 
county, pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of 
land on section 22, Avon Township. 

I'pon his arrival in this region Mr. Whealy put 
u|) a small frame house, transporting the lumber 
from Chenute, oue hundred and thirty' miles aw!i\-. 
This was tin lirst dwelling erected between Wel- 
linglon and Oxford. The country around was 
thinly' settled and for a number of years it was a 
struggle with Mr. Whealy' to earr3' on properly the 
cultivation of his land and eflfeci the needed im- 
provements. Patience and perseverance, however, 
finally gained the day and he found himself upon 
a solid footing, financially. In the meantime, as 
the country- settled up and the necessity arose for 
trusty men to take charge of public affairs, Mr. 
Whealy was selected as a fitting man for the various 
oflices. olliciatiug as Township Clerk and Trustee 
and holding the latter ollice for seven consecutive 
terms. The cause of education founil in him a 
stanch friend and the Republican [larty a faithfid 
supporter. He has been active in the ranks of the 
latter and has exercised no small intluence in part}' 
politics in this region. 

The marriage of William G. Whealy with Miss 
Mary Magwood, was celebrated at the bride's home 
in Kewanee. III.. September 1. 18(;(;. This lady 
was born in County Monaghan. Ireland. .la lunry 1 7, 
IHIi"), and was the daughter of Thomas and Ann 
(tjillis) Magwood, who were natives of County 
.Monaghan, Ireland. The_v are now decease<j. 
Eleven children came to bless the union of Mr. 
ami Mrs. Whealy, all of whom are living and form 
!i most Intelligent and interesting family group. 
They bear the names respectively of Thomas W., 
George K.. Arthur C.. Edward, Li/zie, .\nnie, Re- 
becca. Minnie, .lulia, Cyrus H. ami Benjamin II. 
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prominently connected with tlie Congregational 
Church. The parents of Mr. Whealy were Joseph 
and Elizabeth (Bradley) Whealy, natives of County 
Tyrone. Ireland, and who spent their last years in 
Ontario, Canada, and Dakota. Arthur C. was the 
second boy born in Sumner County and Miss Jennie 
Whealy, a sister of our subject, taught the first 
school in the county, at Oxford. 



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\T;OHN H. JOHNSTON. This volume would 
11 be incomplete were not mention made within 
|| its pages of the above named gentleman, 
^^jf' who is a prominent business man at Oxford. 
Ho is a dealer in furniture and an undertaker, and 
has the exclusive trade at this i)oint in both lines 
of his business. He is well-known throughout this 
section as an old resilient of the county to which 
he came in the spring of 187G, and where for a 
time he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, oj)en- 
ing up a fine farm. His natal day was December 
1, 1830, and his birthplace Shelby County, Ky., 
where he lived till the Centennial year engaged in 
farming. 

During the Civil War, Mr. Johnston was so for- 
tunate as not even to lose a horse, though living in 
a country which was somewhat unsettled, and over- 
run in turns by the Union and the Confederate 
armies. He fed the soldiers of both troops, and so 
succeeded in avoiding their ill will. 

On leaving the Blue Grass State, Mr. Johnston 
moved to Logan County, III., and after a short 
sojourn near Atlantic came on to this State and 
settled four miles west of the town in Oxford 
Township. He paid 1800 for a tract of raw land, 
whicli he so improved that he was able to sell it a 
few years later fort>6,.500. He had broken the sod 
and thoroughly cultivated it, fenced the estate, 
erected an excellent house, barn, etc., set out nu- 
merous trees, and made of it, all in all, one of the 
best farms in the vicinity'. After having lived on 
the estate six years. Mr. Johnston sold and moved 
to town, luiying vut an old establishment and en- 



gaging in his present business, which he has built 
up to a fine trade. 

Mrs. Johnston bore the maiden name of Anna E. 
Young, and the cerenionj' which united her to our 
subject took place February 24, 185C, in Shelby' 
County, Kj'. She was born in the Blue Grass 
State, July 25, 1836. is a daughter of Catesby 
Young, and remained with her parents till her 
marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have reared a 
famil}' of four children: Luej* Ellen is now the 
wife of A. M. Rees, of this city; Willie P., is the 
wife of C. F. Reed, of Edwards County; Shelb.y 
Thomas married Miss Maggie Bartlett, of this 
county; Farris Lee is the remaining member of the 
family circle. 

AVhile in Kentuck}- Mr. Johnston served as 
Constable, and since making his home in Oxford 
has been a member of the city council two terms. 
He has no desire for office, finding sufficient occu- 
pation in conduct of his business affairs, in the so- 
cial circle and in his home. He votes the Demo- 
cratic ticket. He is a member of the Christian 
Church, is regarded as of strict integrit}' in all 
business transactions, and is highly' esteemed bj' 
his fellow citizens. 

The parents of our subject were Permenus ami 
Lucy (Heed) Johnston, the former of whom was a 
native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. 
Their marriage took place in the Blue Grass State 
where the}' lived until called from time to eternity. 
The occupation of the father was that of tilling 
the soil. 



f/OHN T. STEWART. The career of this 
gentleman affords an example of persevering 
industry, unflagging zeal, and a sturd;j' in- 
tegrity which has met with its reward and 
secured to its exlnbitor a verj' comfortable home 
and jjleasant surroundings. It is seldom indeed 
that a Scotchman is found who does not display 
these traits of character and the subject of this 
biography is a worthy son of the race from which 
he sprang. 

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when his parents, .lohn and Kliznlielli (BiTmnicr) 
SUMvart, both of wlu)in were natives of Scotland, 
emigrated to tin- New World and settled in Wel- 
lington Counl\'. Province of Ontario, Canada. 
They are still li\ ing upon the farm where they first 
Idcated and which has heen operated hy the father, 
allhongli in his own land he IkkI followed the trade 
of a shoemaker. Both are memliers of the Presh}'- 
tcrian Church. Their family comprised ten cliil- 
'dieii, named Kliza. Alexander, .lessie, John T., 
I'^llen, Rolicrl, Flora, David, Betsey .1., and Collin. 

The gentleman whose life we will hrielly outline 
was born .lanuary 1. 1H42. and leaving his native 
land in early childhood was reared on a farm in 
Canada, receiving a common-school education and 
acquiring the trade of a carriage-maker ere he 
grew to manhood. After having served an ap- 
prerticeship of three years, in 1861, he went to a 
place near Rochester. N. Y., and there worked at 
his trade a year. lie then removed to Davenport. 
Iowa, and combined farming with work at his 
trade for several months, after which he ai.-ain 
changed his location and did carriage work in 
Memphis. Tenn. 

A few months later Mr. .•^tewart was to be found 
in Covington, Tenn.. first working at his trade for 
an employer and conducting a business of his own 
for two years, llis next removal was to Mountain 
Lake, Giles County, Va., where he remained until 
1H71. at which time lie became a citizen of Kansas. 
His first location in this .State was at Arkansas 
Cit}', Cowley County, where he conducted a shop 
for a year and a half, after which he securefl land 
in Sumner County, an<l turned his attention tt) 
farming ami the stock business. He |)re-emptcd 
one hundred and sixty acres of laml and purchnsed 
an equal amount on section 21, Walton Township, 
which makes 'i|> a valuable tract of land and upon 
which Mr. .Stewart has made ."11 necessary improve 
menls. His wife also owns one hundred and sixty 
acres on section 28, of the same township. 

In 1k7(i Mr. .Stewart became the husband of 
.leinima t^. .lackson, of Canada, who bore him one 
daughter. Maud M.. who is now deceased. Mrs. 
.lemima Stewart departed this life in 18H1. and 
after having remaine<l a widower until lXH(i. Mr. 
Stewart contracted a second matrimonial alliance. 



His bride on this occasion was Mrs. Marg.-iret A. 
Mountjoy. of this county, wid.iw of Henry C. 
Mountjoy. by whom she had three children: Henry 
L., lona M.. anil Nettie I. 

Mr. Stewart belongs to the Farmers' Alliance, 
and casts his vote and inllucnce with the Ropulili- 
can party. He has been a mcnd)er of the Presby- 
terian ClHUfii for twenty years and all who know 
the .Scotch <haracter will understand that he is a 
reliable and steadfast member, and that he deserves 
the hearty respect of his fellow men on account of 
his private character as well as for the ability dis- 
played in his worldl}' affairs. 



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|[_ lUAM II. Sill LL. There is probably not 
I/)J^ a finer home within the limits of Dix(m 
■^^^ Township than that which has been planned 
1^, Slid built up by him with whose name we 
introduce this sketch. A man of more than ordi- 
nary intelligence and enterprise, lie stands second 
to none in his township, and by his own efforts has 
acquired a competence, climbing up slowly from a 
modest position in life, and surrounding himself 
and his family with all of its comforts and many of 
its Inxuiies. Well informed, of currcct habit.s and 
cultured tastes, he keeps hiirself |)osted upon the 
general topics of the d;iy and is a lover of the fine 
arts, cspeuiall}' music, to which he has given much 
attention during his life, and is possessed of no 
mean talents as a singer and performer on musical 
instruments. In his youth he took a thorough 
.(lursc of voice culture and theory in the Miami 
Conservatory of Music at Xenia. Ohio, and for 
three successive years taught music in the High 
School at Fulton, that Slate. Later he was gradu- 
ated from tlu- Central Conservatoiy of Music at 
Columbus, Iml.. and for six yeai-s was professor of 
H.armonv ami Musical Theory. Since that time he 
has ke|)t U|) his interest and practice, and h.a* now 
a number of private pupils. 

The subject of this sketch wa< born May .j, 1HI4. 
in Stark County. Ohio, anil is the son of David and 
Elizabetli (Hermnn) Shull, who were born, reared 



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and married in Pennsylvania. Thej' emigrated to 
Ohio in 1832, settling in Stark County during its 
pioneer daj's. Tiie father took up land, became 
well-to-do. and w.is a prominent man in his com- 
munity. He departed this life at the old homestead 
in 1870. The moMier survived her husband ten 
years, dying February 10, 1880. Of the six chil- 
dren born to them, three only are living, the two 
besides Hiram H., being residents of Indiana. 

Until a youth of eighteen 3'ears, Mr. ShuU spent 
his time upon the old farm in Stark Count}', Ohio. 
He attended tlie schools of his native township, and 
became familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing 
and reaping. In 1862, during the progress of the 
Civil War, he enlisted as a Union soldier, in Corn- 
pan}' A, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Infantry, 
and served three years. He participated in the bat- 
tles of Covingtf)n and Danville, Ky., and while on 
picket duty at the latter place, was captured bj' the 
enemy. He was taken onh' a short distance, however, 
when he was paroled, and soon afterward, at Camp 
Chase, was exchanged. He then rejoined his regi- 
ment at Stanford, Ky., and under command of Gen. 
Burnside, was present at the siege of Knoxville, 
from tlie beginning until the close. He tiien went 
with his regiment after Longstreet to Strawberrj' 
Plain, and during the holiday season of 1863, suf- 
fered much hardship from cold and exposure, also 
from ague. He was subsequently with Gen. Sherman 
at Red Clay, Ga., and then, under tlie same General, 
went to Atlanta. He fought at Nasliville and in 
the series of battles against tlie rebel Gen. Hood. 

While at Pumpkin Vine River, Ga., Mr. Shull 
suffered a sunstroke which for a long time rendered 
him unfit for active dul}'. He, however, in due 
time, was on the field again, and fuught at the 
battle of Columbia, near the Duck River, Tenn., 
where a shell was thrown by the enemy, killing a 
man on each side of Mr. Shull. and wounding one 
in front of him. The concussion so affected 3Ir. 
Shull that he fell unconscious and knew nothing 
until w.aking up in the l)osi)ital at Nashville, sixty 
miles from the spot where he fell. 

Mr. Shull. however, soon returned to active duty 
again, in time to participate in the chase after 
Hood's army from Nashville. He was then trans- 
ferred to Stoneraan Barracks at Washington. D. C, 



and next his regiment was ordered to Ft. Fisher, 
N. C , being the first to enter the city of Wilming- 
ton. Here Mr. Shull was assigned to provost duty, 
and in due time rejoined Sherman's army in time 
to witness the surrender of the rebel Gen. 
Johnston, near Raleigh. The war now being ended, 
the regiment was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, where 
the boys received their honorable discharge. 

When leaving the si^rvice, Mr. Shull sought his 
old haunts in his native county, and resumed his 
"musical studies, remaining there until 1883. Then, 
resolving upon a change of location, he came to 
this State and purchased his present farm. He put 
up his residence that same year, an elegant dwelling 
not exceeded in point of finish and furnishing by 
anything in the township. Adjacent are the usual 
farm buildings, neat and convenient, and agricul- 
ture is here carried on after the most approved 
methods, and b}' the aid of modern machinery. 
The estate embraces four hundred and ten broad 
acres, all in one body, half of it being under culti- 
vation, and one hundred and fifty acres, during the 
season of 1889, was planted to corn alone. 

Mr. Shull assumed matrimonial ties December 9. 
1869, being wedded at Dalton, to Miss Martha R. 
Dodd. Mrs. Shull was born November 21. 1844, 
in Stark Count}', Ohio, and is the daughter of John 
and Hannah (Gunn) Dodd, wiio were natives of 
England, and who settled in the Buckeye State over 
fifty years ago. The father carried on farming suc- 
cessfully, and died in Stark County in 1850. The 
mother survived her liusband thirty-seven years, 
remaining a widow, spending the closing years of 
her life in Ohio, and passing aw.ay in 1887. The 
parental household included six children, three of 
whom are living. 

Mrs. Shull acquired her education in the common 
school, and remained under the home roof until her 
marriage, receiving careful parental training and 
becoming familiar with all useful household duties. 
Only twc) of the three children born to Mr. and 
Mrs. Shull are living, viz: Cla-a E. and Sherman 
H. Mr. Shull. politically, takes a lively interest in 
the prosperity of the Republican party, and advo- 
cates the cause of temi)erance at every opi)ortunity. 
He was at one time Clerk of the school board in his 
district, and at present otliciates as Director. He 



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also bekii.gs to the Granil Aniiy of the Ri'piit>liL'. in 
wliirli lie has lieM some of tlie olliccs. For twenty- 
('i<;lit j'L'ars lie was chuiisUM' in liio I'resbyterian 
thiiieh and is now an Kliler. lie has always taken 
an active interest in the Snnday Sehool, and for 
over lliirty-tive years lias rarely ever missed at- 
tendanco, lalioring activi'ly in the instruction of 
the yon nj;. Mrs. Shiill in leligions niattci-s, is in 
full sympathy with her husliand, belonging to the 
.same church. It will thus be seen that they occupy 
no secondary position among the social, moral an<l 
rv'ligioiis ek'inenls of their community. 






=^K()ROK K. HOlilNSON. Witliin the limits 
-_^ of this county no subject ca:i be found bet- 
I ler worthy of representation than llie gen- ' 
tleman above named. His long life lias been spent [ 
in useful labors, and while he has not occupied a 
prominent place in the public view he has exhibiteil, 
in his own (piiet way. the traits of character most I 
worthy of admiration, ami such .as have a wide in- 
rtuence over all by whom he is surrounded, lie is 
now retired from active pursuits, and with his aged 
companion, enjoying the fruits of his former indus- 
try and the comforts which the competence they 
have secured ensures them. 

The paternal ancestry of our subject were Kng- 
lish, and in the maternal line he is descended from 
Oerman sti'ck. A number of his relatives were 
soldiers in the Revolutionary War. in wliicli strug- 
gle his grandfather. Thomas Robinson, was a 
Colonel. Three of his uncles took pari in the War 
of IHTi. His father, Thomas Robinson. .Ir., was a 
native of New Ham|ishire and, with his wife. Bet- 
sey McDonell, abode in Maine for years. In .Som- 
erset County, of the latter State, our subject was 
born June 20. ISl'.t. The house in nliich that 
event took place was erected one year before, is 
still standing and is yet a substantial structure. 

Mr. Robinson was reared to man's estate amid } 
the scenes of his boyhood, became well actpiaintcd 
with farming ami lumbering, and after he was of | 



.age left the parental home and engaged in the lat- 
ter occupation. The winters were spent in the 
woods and the summers in the mills during a [leriod 
of some thirteen years. In 18,52 he went to Cali- 
fornia, taking ship at New York City, cro.ssing the 
Isthmus and continuing his journey by vessel on 
the Pacific, landing in San l-'rancisco twenty-nine 
days after leaving New York. He followed gold 
mining in California about liftcen months, meeting 
with varied success, and tiien returning to New- 
York City in the same manner as he had come. 

.Several years were spent b^' our subject in the 
I'ine Tree Slate whence, in IH.jC, he journeyed 
West, and taking up iiis al)ode in Hureau County. 
111., resided t!)ere many years eng.iged in fanning 
and stock-raising, among the beasts of his fields 
being Short-horn cattle. While there he served 
two terms as .Supervisor of the township in which 
he lived. In Issi Me again turned his footsteps 
toward the setting sun. going to Nebraska and so- 
journing for a time in Beatrice, thence removing 
to .luMi-lio!! City. Kan., for a short period of time, 
thence to St. Joseph, Mo., making the latter place 
also his home for a short lime only. In I8M4 he 
came to Belle Blaine, where he has since made his 
permanent home. He owns one hundred ami sixty 
acres of land in Harmon Township and his village 
residence with its plot of five acres. 

The lady who for more than forty years has 
shared in the joys and sorrows of Mr. Robinson, 
was born November 28. 1«2.'!, and liore the maiden 
name of Nancy II. Malbon. Her parents were 
.Nathaniel and I'olly (Robinson) Malbon, her father 
a native of Maine and the son of a Frenchman who 
came to America when about eight years old. The 
rites of wedlock were celebrated between .Mr. ami 
Mrs. Robinson September 21. 1817. and tlie^' have 
been blessed by the birth of four children: GeorgeA., 
the first born, is deceased: Thom:is R. lives in Kan- 
sas City. Mo.: Sade II. is the wife of F. C. Barker. 
.Secretary of the ScIuxjI I'.oard and Inspector of the 
school buildings at St. Joseiih. Mo., and Burton S. 
is an express agent on the Denver. iMenipIiis & At- 
lantic Railroad frmn Nevada, Mo., to Larned, Kfin. 

The gentleman of whom we write had not the 
early school advantages offered youny; men of this 
day and age, but being possessed of native intelli- 



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gence aiul n desire to be well informed he has. by 
reading and observation, become conversant with 
general topics and the current events of the day, 
and his wife, whose early surroundings were simi- 
lar to his own, is also well informed. In the accu- 
mulation of his property he has been ably assisted 
by his devoted companion, who has been his help- 
mate and counselor in all tiie chief events of his 
life from the time of their union. Both are mem- 
bers of tiie Presbyterian Church. Mr. Robinson is 
a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Re- 
publican party. 



\T RA M. LEWIS is the owner and occupant of 
|| a half-section of land in Ryan Township, of 
/li which he took possession when there were but 
three houses in sight from his claim. Although he 
obtained a good insight into the trade of a carpen- 
ter when he was a young man, he has made farm- 
ing his life work, and has shown ability and judg- 
ment in tilling the soil and in every department of 
labor connected with a successful farmer's career. 
His land is improved, intelligently cultivated, and 
makes an estate which any man might be well 
pleased to own. 

The Buckeye State claims Mr. Lewis as one of 
her sons, his birth having taken )ilace in Harris- 
ville. November 7, 1837. He is the first-born in 
a family of twelve diildren, whose parents, Insley 
and Amy (Grissell) Lewis, were natives of Ohio. 
They were married in Columbiana County', and 
two years afterward removed to Jay County, Ind., 
wliere they made their permanent home. The 
father was a mechanic and the owner of a farm. 
The devoted husband and wife, and loving parents, 
"in death were not divided," both contracting ty- 
phoid fever, whicli occasioned their decease at the 
same time, in 1864. 

The subject of this biography grew to manhood 
in Indiana, and began his life work by superintend- 
ing his father's farm until he was twenty-three 
years of age. He had acquired a good common- 



school education, to which his native intelligence 
and his keen observation have added much prac- 
tical knowledge since he left the schoolroom. In 
18G3 he started for the pineries of Michigan and 
tarried at a place six miles from Battle Creek, that 
Slate. There In was drafted, but not lieing able 
to pass liie required i)liysical examination, he did 
not enter the service. In 1872 he removed with 
his family to Carroll County, Iowa, building the 
second house in t!ie township in which he located. 
The Hawkeye State was the home of the family 
until 1877, at which time the3' were numbered 
among the inhabitants of Kansas, the first two 
years of their sojourn in this State being spent in 
Sedgwick County. At the expiration of that time 
a removal was made to the place which is now their 
home, and where Mr. Lewis is successfull3' giving 
his attention to the raising of crops and stock. 

On August 11, 18G1. Ira M. Lewis and Sarah J. 
Spa^d were united in marriage at the home of the 
bride. She is a daughter of Reuben and Mary 
(Hart) Spayd, an'l was born in Darke County, 
Ohio, on Christmas Day, 1840. She acquired a 
good common-school education, and before her 
marriage was engaged in school teaching, a woi'k 
for which her tact, excellent ed'jcation and pleasant 
disposition admirably- qualified her. Her- father, a 
cabinetmaker by trade, was born in Dauphin 
County, Pa.. October 24, 1814, and died in 1886. 
Her mother was born in Wayne County, Ohio, 
August 10, 1824, and her death took place July 12, 
1882. Mr. and Mrs. Spa3'd were the jjarents of 
ten children, seven of whom now survive. 

To our subject and his worthj- wife five chil- 
dren have been born, two of whom are married 
and living in homes of their own. Estella J. is the 
wife of William A. Adams and the mother of three 
children; she occupies a pleasant dwelling two 
miles north of the parental home. Annie M., the 
fourth born, married John Miller, who lives on the 
northeast quarter of section 1 1. R3an Township; 
thex- have one child; Linley I., Insle3^ M. and 
John W. remain with their parents. All the chil- 
dren are well educated, and Estella has been a 
teacher. 

Mr. Lewis belongs to the Farmer's Alliance, and 
is now a raemlierof the Committee on Inquiiy. He 




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is Treasurer of Ihc School District, has lieen a 
ineinl)or of tiie Hoard for several years, and lalces 
a deep interest in the progress of the sciiools. lie 
is also serving as Road Overseer. The Kepuli- 
lican ticket is tliat which he always votes, and he 
IS niiicii interested in |i(iiitical nioveniei)t-<. While 
in Inilinna. |irii)r to the Civil War, he lived in a 
settlement through which the underground railroail 
pti^si'd, and became somewhat ac(iuainte<l with the 
workings of that road and quite interested in the 
aliolilioii of slavery. Among his neighbors and 
feihiw-cilizens he is spoken of as a reliable citizen 
and an honorable man. 

In this connection we present a lithographic 
view of the residence wherein Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 
are so pleasantly domiciled. 



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;^pAC'IIARIAII 11. PATTON. The subject of 
/Mf this notice came to Miis county with a capi- 
(t^—^ tal of forty-live cents, but is now numbered 
among its most thrifty and successful farmers. He 
is |)roprietor of one of the finest estates in Falls 
Township, embracing three hundred and sixtv 
acres of as valuable land as is to be found on the 
Chikaskia River. A beautiful twostory residence 
embellishes the i)laee and is represented by a litho- 
gra|)hic view on another page; together with its 
surroundings it presents one of the most attractive 
pictures iu the landscape of this region. The [)ass- 
ing traveler invariably turns to take a second look 
at the homestead which has been built up only by 
the most unllagging industry and the exercise of 
good judgment anil fine taste. 

A native of what is now West Virginia, Mr. 
Patton was born in Gilmer County, November 2K, 
181."}, and is the son of William and Mary (Smith) 
Patton, the former of whom was a native of Mary- 
land and born in 1790. William Patton left his 
native State with his parents when a child, the fam- 
ily removing to Gilmer County. W. \'a., where 
they all spent the renviinderof their lives. William 
ilying about lt<08. lie folio ved the vocation of a 



farmer and accumulated a good property. Hoth 
he and his estimable wife were for many years 
prominently connected with the Baptist Church. 
The paternal giaixifather, likewise named William, 
was also a native of Maryland. The mother of 
our subject was born in the State of West Virginia, 
and died in (iilnier County that State, in 18«5, 
after the death of her liusliand. Her father was 
.lohn Smith, who traced his ancestry Ij (icrmany. 
To William and Mary Patton there was born a 
family of eight children, viz: John S., Zachariah 
IL. Hannah L., Mary L., Phebe J., Susan K.. Na- 
than L. and Anna C. Pour of these arc living. 

The sidtject of this sketch was the second chihl 
of his parents and spent his boyhood and youth 
on the farm in his native county .acquiring his edu- 
cation in the common school. After the outbreak 
of the Civil War, he, in 18()2, joined the Confed- 
erate Army .as a private in Company B, Twentieth 
West Virginia Cavalry and served until in Novem- 
ber, 186.3. Then, being wounded by a ball at Droop 
Mountain, he W!is rendered unfit for further ser- 
vice and receiving his honorable discharge returned 
home. He sojourned there until 18G8, then started 
for the far West and locating in Kansas City, Mo., 
worked at anything he could find to do in order to 
make an honest living. In 1870 he came to Kansas 
and prosecuted farming iu Neosha County until 
1871. That year he came to this county and pre- 
cm|)ted sixty acres of land on section 28, Falls 
Townslii|). of which he has since been a resident, 
lie was prospered in his labors and lati'r added two 
hundred acres to his real estate, this lying on sec- 
lions 21 and 28. After a few years engaged in till- 
ing the soil he gradually became interested in live 
stock, from which he li.as realized hand.«^ome re- 
turns. He knows all about the hardships and dif- 
ficulties of beginning in a new country without 
capital, and has maintained a warm interest in the 
material welfare of his adopted home. He belongs 
to the Farmers' Alliance, and is a stanch supporter 
of the Democratic parly. 

Mr. Patton w.-is married November 6. 1867, to 
Miss Phebe P. .Spurgeon of Doddriilge County, W. 
V«. This lady was born November 17. 1818. ami 
is the daughter of .lohn and Phebe (Smith) Spnr- 
geon, who were nalivrt ^if Wisl \'iruiiiia and are 



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now living in Kansas. The result of this union 
was a famil}' of eleven children who were named 
respectively — ^Villiam E., Charles. Laura D., Sa- 
niantha J., Jessie, John. James L., Leiina. Nettie 
B., Luther and Joseph. 



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^^IKORGK W. ELLLS. In m.aking note of th 
'Ml ,— — public-spirited citizens of Avon Townshi| 
^^^5! tlie name of Mr. Ellis should occupy a lead 



lEORGE W. ELLLS. In m.aking note of the 

ip. 
lead- 
ing position. He is a farmer in good circumstances, 
owning :iud operating a fine body of land, one hun- 
dred and sixty acres in extent, and located on 
section 29. lie has erected good buildings, and 
provided himself with modern farm machinery, 
together with all the other appliances necessary for 
tlie successful prosecution of agriculture. He is 
one of the older settlers of this county, having 
pitched his tent here in 1870. 

Mr. Ellis was born in Adams County. Ohio. No- 
vember 7, 1835, and was there reared to manhood 
on his father's farm, learning the arts of |)lowing. 
sowing and reaping, and acquiring his education in 
the district school. His life passed in a compar- 
tiveiy uneventful manner until the outbreak of the 
Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army, 
November 15, 1862, becoming a member of Com- 
pany G, Seventieth Ohio Infantry. He served for 
three years, or until nearly- the close of the war, 
experiencing all the vicissitudes of a soldier's life, 
but escaped comparatively unharmed, receiving his 
honorable discharge, and afterward returned to his 
native county, sojourning there until setting out 
for the West. 

Upon coming to Kansas Mr. Ellis pre-empted 
one hundred and sixt}- acres of land on section 29. 
Avon Township, where he made his home until 
1873. He then returned to his native State, and 
for twelve years thereafter engaged in farming in 
Adams Count3^ Finally, in 1885, he returned to 
Kansas, taking up his residence once more in Avon 
Township, and again became owner of a quarter 
section of land, in the cultivation and improve- 
ment (if which he has since been engaged. 



Mr. Ellis was married, in Mason Count}', Ky., 

October 7, 1878, to Miss Josephine Burgle. Mrs. 
I Ellis was born twenty miles from I'aris, in France, 
and was brought to America by her parents, in 
1852, when a child of three years. The family set- 
tled in Ohio, where she was reared to womanhood. 
Of her union with our subject there have been born 
two children — Landis and Andrew. Mr. Ellis, po- 
litically, is a decided Republican, while he and his 
estimable wife are prominently' connected with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at 
Wellington. 

The regiment with which Mr. Ellis was connected 
was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee, and he 
participated in the battles of Sliiloh,and the sieges 
of Corinth and N'icksburg; he was also engaged in 
the Mississippi campaign, and was with the troops 
of Gen. Iltizen at the storming of Ft. McAllister, 
in 18C4. He met the enemy at Mission Ridge, and 
marched with Sherman to the sea. He also par- 
ticipated all through the Atlanta campaign, and 
never once turned his back to the enemy, was never 
wounded or taken prisoner. He was mustered out 
at Savannah, Ga., receiving an honorable discharge 
in January, 1865. 



/p§ EORGE W. DURHAM. Second only to the 
'll ^=, influence of the home, is that exerted b}' 
'^^^ the school, and the character and example 
of the teacher are even more potent than his pre- 
cepts and mental instruction in molding the lives 
of the young, and preparing them for their future 
as citizens of this great republic. The position of a 
teacher is, therefore, one of great responsibilit\-, 
and those who have charge of educational affairs 
should allow it to be filled only by persons pos- 
sessed of upright characters and correct lives, as 
well as the tact which from a store of information 
can instill instruction into the receptive minds. It 
is a pleasure to all w^ho are interested in the true 
growth and advancement of our countrj' to find 
this principle carried out in the selection of in- 



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stniclors. and to foci assiircil tli'il ruit only llic 
nientnl l)nt moral training of thr youth is iinder- 
takoii liy I'oinpc'lonl teachers. 

The siil>ject of this biography is a young man of 
high nit'iital attainments, cultured manners and line 
moral characlei', und Sumner County is fortunate 
in having for several j-ears enjoyed his services as 
an" instructor. lie was born in Warren County. 
Ky.. July 5, 180 1, and was reared and educated 
under favorable auspices, completing his .studies at 
Smith Gr(jve College, in his native county. He 
became a resident of this county in 1884, and hss 
since been numbcre<l among Kansas teachers, gain- 
ing a reputation and a (lopulnritj highly creditable. 

At the hotne of the bride, on September 12, 
1889. .Mr. Durham was united in marri.age with 
Miss I.innic K. Frablc, ;i young lady who w.is well- 
fltted to become his companion, beicg cultured and 
refined, and like her husband, a, worthy- member of 
the Methodist Kpiscopal Ciiurch. Mrs. Durham 
W.IS born in Pennsylvania, October 25, 18C9. and 
is a daughter of Solomon and Mary (.'ichall) Fra- 
blc. who were also natives of the Keystone State 
The family moved to Sumner Count}' in 1878, and 
Mr. Frable is now engrged in farming here. Mr. 
Durham is a Democrat in his political views, and 
never fails to sujiport with his vote tir principles 
in which he believes. 

The Rev. Willis AV. Durham, the father of our 
subject, was born in Barren Conntj-, Ky., fifty-four 
years :igo. He is a Baptist minis' 3r, and is now 
enn)loyed by the Philadelphia Bible Association, 
as a traveling missionar}' in .Southwestern Kansas, 
having taken up his residence in this county in 
1881. He married Miss .Susan J. Renfro, who was 
born in the same count}' in which he first saw the 
light, and who is now fifty-five \-c.Trs old. She is 
a ilaughter of Je^se J. and Pollic (Mitchell) Ren- 
fro, who were natives of the Did Dominion. At 
the age of twenty-one years .Mr. Renfro went to 
Kentucky, and took charge of a plantation which 
he carried on for five years. He then purchased a 
farm, where, after having lived thereon sixty-eight 
years, he died at the advanced age of ninety-six. 
He had served as a soldier in the .Mexican War. In 
politics ho was a Democrat. Mrs. Renfro died 
when about .seventy years of age. 'I'he parents of 



our subject reared six children, all still living, and 
named respectively: Alice K., Ceorge W.. Dora 
\y.. Natiiael '[.. .lesse .1. :M)d Ani.uul:i A. 



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UGH I'AISLKV. Tiic family of which this 
gentleman is a lineal descendant, is an ohi 
and honored one in Scotland, and to this 
fact the city of Paisley owes its name, and 
is a standing monument. His maternal ancestry 
were Irish, and the family of his mother is also a 
well-known one. Our subject is a man of honor, 
intelligence and geniality, and is accorded his just 
measure of respect by his fellowmon. 

Mr. Paisley is the ninth of twelve children born 
to Robert and M.iry (McCulIough) Paisley, and his 
natal day was .September 14, 1816. His parents 
were natives of Pennsylvania, were married in 
Ohio, and resided in the latter SUale until the death 
of the mother in 18G3. Fight members of the pa- 
rental famil\ are now living. The father departed 
this life in 1882. He was a son of Hugh Paisley, 
who was an American soldier during the W;ir of 
1812. 

During his youth our subject was afflicted with 
phthisic, but he w.as able to obtain an excellent 
common school education, and remaining with his 
father until twenty-five years of age, worked for 
twelve years in his grist and saw mill. In 1870, he 
came to Kansas, located in Sedgwick County, where 
he sojourned two years, after which he spent an 
equal length of time in Iowa. Returning to .Sedg- 
wick County, he was a resident therein for 'six 
years, and then, in 1880, came to Sumner Countv, 
and settled on :i farm in Ryan Township, which he 
has since made his home. His farm comprises one 
hundred and sixty acres of land, all improved, and 
changed from the raw and primitive condition in 
wliich he took possession of it, to that of a well- 
cultivatecl an<l well-improved .-k reage. Mr. Pais- 
lej' devotes his attention to general farming and 
stock-raising, ami is winning a competence in his 
chosen field of labor. 

The marriasje of Mr. Hugh Paislevand Miss y\:\- 



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tildaXeighburg, was celebrated in December, 1874, 
in Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Paisley was born in 
Calraerlain, Sweden, April 13, 1S47, to Adolf and 
Christina Neighburg, who were prominent people 
in tbeir section of Scandinavia. The mother died 
in 1884, and the fatberin 1889. Their family com- 
prised nine children, of whom three are now living. 
Mrs. Paisley is the second child, and came to Amer- 
ica in 1872. She has borne her husband six chil- 
dren, of whom Adulphus A., Benjamin O., Merton 
H.. Matilda, and Shae'Viie are now living. She has 
been a member of the Lutheran Church, and has 
many womanly and domestic virtues. Mr. Paisley 
belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He has been 
Road Overseer, and is now Constable of Ryan 
Township. 



y~'ILLIAM T. BOATRIGHT, a warm-hearted 
Southerner, with Noi'tliern proclivities, 
especially in politics, is one for whom na- 
ture has done much, and who has made the most of 
his opportunities, at times under adverse circum- 
stances. He may lie properly classed as among the 
most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of 
Creek Township, a man who keeps his eyes open to 
what is going on around him, and never intends to 
be left at the rear, where there is any worth}' pro- 
ject in view, or any commendable enterprise to be 
encouraged. His native place was Graves County, 
Ky., and the date of his birth .Januarys, 1847. He 
was the tenth in a family of eleven children, the 
offspring of William \. and Sally W. (Gates) Boat- 
right, who were natives of Virginia. 

The father of our subject operated as a farmer 
and miller combined, ard as earlj- as 1821 left the 
Old Dominion, settling among the pioneers of 
Graves County. Ky., where he was married. In 
1851, leaving Kentucky, he emigrated with his fam- 
ily, across the Mississippi into Platte Count}', Mo. 
Thej' only lived there, however, about eighteen 
months, removing then to Gentry County, Mo. 
!Mr. Boatright de|)arti>d hence in 1867; his wife, 
Sally, survived him fur a period of eighteen years, 



remaining a wiilow, and died in Gentry County, 
]\Io., in 1885. Eight of theirchildren are still liv- 
ing. 

William T. in the meantime, acquired such edu- 
cation as he could obtain in the common school, 
and worked with his father on the farm until after 
the outbreak of the Civil Wai'. Then, a youth of 
seventeen years, he enlisted in Company D, Forty- 
third Missouri Infantry', which ot)erated mostly in 
that State. During the Price raid, young Boat- 
right was captured, October 15, 1864, at Glasgow, 
Mo., but was soon paroled and sent to Benton Bar- 
racks, near St. Louis. Later he returned to St. 
Joseph, and subsequently assisted in chasing bush- 
whackers, being in several skirmishes, and thus oc- 
cupying his time until after the close of the war. 
He was mustered out June 30, 1865, and returning 
to the farm, remained with his father until his mar- 
riage. 

The above-mentioned interesting event in the 
life of our subject occurred January 3, 1869, the 
bride being Miss Sarah E., daughter of Jackson and 
Mar}' (Compton) Burger, all natives of Kentuckv. 
The Burger family emigrated to Missouri about 
1855, settling in Platte County. In 1878 they 
came to Southern Kansas, and are still residents of 
tliis county. Their family consisted of eleven 
children. Mrs. Boatright was the eldest, and was 
born February 27, 1851, in Russell County, Ky. 
Of her union with our subject there have been born 
eight children, seven of whom are living, viz: Levi 
J., Laura A., James F., Orilla J.. Jesse ()., Charles 
W. and Viola M. 

Mr. Boatright has alw.ays taken a warm interest 
in [lolitics, and uniformly votes the straigiit Re- 
publican ticket. He is serving his second term as 
a director in school district No. 140, and for four 
years in Missouri served in a similar ca])acity. He 
is a member in good standing of the John Goldy 
Post, No. 90, G. A. R., of Milan, occupying the 
office of Junior "\'ice, and has also served as Ser- 
geant Major. He began life for himself with a 
capital of S375, this comprising his portion of his 
father's estate. He came to Kansas in ISS I, arriv- 
ing in Creek Township, March 11, and that day he 
purchased his present farm, which was then but a 
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acres uiuler the ploH\ willi aiioreliurd of sixlj"-live 
apple trees, and one liundrcil and fifl\' [jeach Irjcs, 
besides pears and cherry trees. He li.is enclosed 
and divided his fields with siiltslantial fencinj;, and 
in 1887, put np his i)rcsenl residence at a cost of 
over $G00 besides his own labor. It is fair to snp- 
pnse that in the course of a few 3'ears be will be 
able to retire upon a competence. 



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IIAULlvS G. ErPKR.SOX, traveling corres- 
pondent of Kansas Citj' Dnihj JouniaK is a 
/' resident of Wellin<?ton, having an attractive 
home at No. 709, N. A. .Street. lie is the pos- 
sessor of a bright intellect, being a forcible and 
vigorous writer, and has made himself an enviable 
reputation in the newspaper world. He was born 
in I,ebanon, Hoone County, Ind., February' 17, 
1840, and is the son of Charles and Martha (\VooI- 
crv) Kpperson. who are natives respect! velv of 
Virginia and Kentucky. 

The Epperson family is of English extraction, 
and the first representatives here settled in Virginia 
prior to the Revolutionary War. .Several members 
of it served in this great struggle, and the paternal 
great-grandfather of our sul>jcct, David Epperson, 
had a number of sons in the war; one, Thompson, 
was ■• Major. Charles Epperson, later, removed 
from N'irginia to Kentucky, about 1810, sojourning 
thereuntil probably 1839. We next find bini in 
Mtmtgoniery County, hid., where he lived until 
lsl2. That j'ear he pushed on further westward 
into Illinois, settling at Uio, in the northern part 
(>' Knox Ciiuiity. He spent his last days in ()x- 
fincl. Ileniy County, dying about ISt'.t. His wife 
survived him t>tdy three months. They had lived 
together harmfiniously for the long period of 
over fifty years. They reared .a family of seven 
sons and four daughters, among them being Charles, 
the father of our subject, who was born in N'ir- 
ginia. August 1 I. 1802. 

The father of our subject removeil with his par- 
ents to Kentucky in his youth and there made the 
nc<iuaintance of Miss Martha Woolei-y. to whom he 



was n'larried in Richmond, Madison County, and 
they lived in the IJlue Grass State until about 
1827. Thence they emigrated to Putnam County. 
Ind., and from there removed to Boone County, 
that Slate, about 1h;}8. We next find them on the 
other side of the Mississippi, in Benton County. 
Iowa, taking up their abode at Marysville in Oc- 
tober. 1847. This was during the early settlement 
of that region, and Charles Epperson improved a 
large farm from the wilderness. He became well- 
to-ilo, but in 1803 sold out and improved another 
farm in Hariison Township. He departed this life 
October 14, 18G4. He was first a Whig and then 
a Republican, and a man warmly interested in the 
success of his party. For many j'ears he was a 
member of the Christian Church. He was widely 
and favorably known, and stood high in his com- 
munity, ills word being considered as good as 
his bond. He left a valuable estate. The mother 
of Mr. Epperson is still living, making her home 
with her son, .lohn. in Avon Townshii). this county, 
anil has arrived at the advanced age of eighty-two 
years. 

To the parents of our subject there was born a 
family of thirteen children, nine of whom are still 
living. .John .S., one of the Coinmissioners of this 
county, is a farmer by occu|)ation, and makes his 
home in Avon Township; Hiram T. is farnn'ng 
near N'intoii. Iowa; Mary. >l|-s. StefTy resides in 
Boone, Iowa; .Martha .1. married .1. P. Wood, and 
lives in Pulaski, Ind.; Minerva A. is the wife of 
E. (!. Stowe, of McPherson County, this State; 
Charles (i., our subject, was the iiext in order of 
birth; William W. is a commercial salesman, and 
makes bis home in Cedar Rapids. Iowa: Kittie E. 
is the wife of P. I). Stout, of .lai-ksonville. III.: Al- 
bert G., a speculator, resides in Boone, Iowa. 

The subject of this ;*kctch was :i lad of seven 
years when the family settled in Iowa, and he re- 
sided there until a man of twenty-five. He first 
attended school in Boone County, Ind.. having for 
liis teacher William Carey, he being then a little 
lad of five years. His teacher was little more than 
a boy. After an absence of fort3'-two years. .Mr. 
Epperson visited his old home and found his former 
preceptor owner of the old Epperson homestead 
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very pleasant visit. At Marysville young Epper- 
son completed bis eciiication, and afterward as- 
sisted his father in earr> ing on the farm until his 
marriage. 

In 1862 Mr. Epperson offered his services to 
the Government to aid in putting down the Re- 
bellion, and was accepted and made a member of 
Company A. Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry, and 
was assigned to the Army of the ^Mississippi, ^ioon 
after entering camp he was taken to the hospital 
sick, where he remained a short time, and was dis- 
charged. 

In October, 1864, Mr. Ei)person was wedded lo 
]\Irs. ]\Iary C. (Van Cleef) Martin, whose husband 
had yielded up his life on the battlefield of Shiloh 
during the Civil War. Mrs. Epperson was a daugh- 
ter of Richard N. and Susan Van Cleef, who were 
natives of Indiana. The father is now living in 
Guthrie. Iowa; the wife died in 1882. The young 
couple spent their first year upon the homestead, 
then removed to Cedar Rapids, and Mr. Ei)person 
embarked in the lumber business as manager of the 
firm of J. S. Alexander & Co. On the 27th of 
March, 1867, he met with a severe affliction in the 
death of his wife, who passed away, leaving one 
son, Judson Elmore, who was born June 10, 1866, 
and who was a babe of nine months at the time of 
his mother's death. He is still living and makes 
his home with his father, being hkewise a news- 
paper man. 

After the death of his wife Mr. Epperson con- 
tinued in business in Cedar Rapids until 1869. and 
then removed to St. Joseph, Mo. There he asso- 
ciated himself in partnership with J. B. Johnson, 
and egaged in the marble business. He began his 
newspaper career in February, 1873, as correspond- 
ent for the Daily Herald, of St. Joseph, and in 
May of that year accepted a position with the 
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, whii'h 
necessitated his removal to Louisville, Ky. In 
Januarj-. 1874. he was transferreil to the office at 
St. Louis, Mo. 

For a number of years Mr. Epperson had given 
his attention to the study of medicine, and while 
in St. Joseph took a course of lectures in the Ec- 
lectic Medical College, of St. Louis. In the fall of 
1874 lie repaired to Kvansville, Ind., where he 



commenced practice, and later, in order to receive 
further instruction in the profession, returned to 
St. Joseph, and while pursuing his studies in this 
direction, accepted a position on the Herald in 
order to earn money to meet his necessities. He 
found that the newspaper business was more con 
genial to his tastes than the medical profession, 
and, accordingly, abandoned the latter, giving to 
the former his entire attention. 

Mr. Epperson continued his connection with the 
Herald until 1882, in the meantime traveling 
through New Mexico, accompanied by his wife 
and baby, Oscar, in 1880-81. and employing his 
facile pen in writing up something of the early 
history of the countr}' as compared with its con- 
dition of to day, and treating of its antiquities. He 
was accompanied on part of this trip by Capt. 
Jack Crawford, the scout — a man who had a large 
experience among the wild wa^stern regions. In 
1882 Mr. Epperson resigned his position on the 
Herald, and coming to this count}', began the im- 
provement of a farm which he had previoush' pur- 
( based. In the meantime, in 1876, while on a visit 
to his brother in this countj'. be made the acquaint- 
ance of Mrs Alice J. (Eggleston) Chamberlain, 
which resulted in a mutual attachment, and on the 
28th of April. 1878, the}' were united in marriage 
at the home of the bride's parents, in Belle Plaine, 
Sumner Count}'. Judge Elijah Evans officiating. 

Mrs. Epperson was born in Springfield. 111., No- 
vember 25, 1856, and is the only child of Henry 
N. and Elizabeth ( Artman) Eggleston, who are 
row residents of Wellington. The famii}- came to 
this county in 1872. and Miss Alice officiated as 
one of the first teachers within its limits, a profes- 
sion which she followed for seven years, beginning 
at the age of fifteen years. She was first married 
in August, 1874, to William R. Chamberlain, who 
died January 5, 1875. Mrs. Ep|)crson attended 
the funeral services of President Lincoln at Spring- 
field, 111., and frequently saw the martyred Presi- 
dent during his lifetime. 

Residing on bis farm from January 1. 1883. until 
January 1.1884. Mr. Epjierson then bought an inter- 
est in the Welliiujlonian. a weekly paper, the official 
organ of this county, and then moved to Wellington. 
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Samuel L. ll:miill(>ii, a Prcsliyleriaii clergyman of 
Wioliita. ami .1. C. O. Morse, the Slieriff of tliis 
count V. I)ut in October following Mr. Epperson 
retired from the tirm an<I again became the travel- 
ing corrcsponilent of the St. Joseph Herald. In 
.lanuary, 1«8(>, I.e again resigned this position to 
accept a similar one with the Kansas City Daily 
Joiirnnl, which he still holds. 

Republi<an in |)olitics. Mr. Epperson is a stanch 
supporter of the principles of his party through 
the columns of his paper, and is i)roniinent in its 
councils. Wliile a resident of Sumner Count}' ho was 
a member of the Central Committee representing 
P.ilestine Township, where he and his wife own two 
farms, the best in the State. Mr. and Mrs. Epiier- 
son ore members of the Christian Church, and Mr. 
Epperson belongs to the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of I'uited 
Workmen. Of the present marriage there have 
been born two children — Oscar Eggleston. .luly 7, 
1S80. and Charles Henry, October 17, 1883. In 
1884 Mr. Epperson was a delegate from Sumner 
County to the State Republican Convention at 
Topeka, which was called to select delegates to 
the National Convention, which nominated .lames 
G. Blaine for President. In 1879 he accompanied 
the Hayes Presidential party on their trip through 
Kansas and to S|)ringfield, 111. The Eppersons 
have a very pleasTnt home in Wellington, and 
move in ils biu-he^t social circles. 



/^I LUKUT UICE is one of the early settlers 
' ^r^l i "f O.xford Township, and is the owner and 
occupant of a proiluctive farm comprising 
two hundreil an<l forty acres on section 22. 
This land was purchased by Mr. Rice in I87.i and 
was entirely raw and unbroken, and its present 
owner has made all the impr(jvcments upon it, 
which include a tine house, barn, wind-mill and 
such other buildings .is are usually erected by a 
man of enter|irise and iminstry, together with 
adequate fences ami fruit and shade trees. The 
estate is devoted to the purposes of stock-raising 



and farming, in both of which llic <iwner is proving 
very successful. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
Samuel Rice, who, l)eing left an orphan, went on 
board a man-of-war, where he served until years 
of matiuily. He then left the navy and married, 
and with his family soon remove<l to Ohio, from 
the eastern part of our country. His son Alfred 
was but a boy when the removal took place, and 
after reaching man's estate, he raarrieil Miss Eliza- 
beth Fiirman. daughter of .John Furman, of New 
York State, who. with his family, hail removed to 
Ohio at an early day. Alfred Rice and his wife 
remained in Ohio until 1841. when they removed to 
Noble County. Ind., and there conlinued to reside 
until dealli. Mr. Rice cleared up a farm and made 
a home upon it, also working .at the cari)enter's 
trade in Kcndallville. He reared a family of ten 
children, of whom our subject is one. The father 
rlied in 1818, and the mother lived to be eighty 

j years of age, dying about the year 1886. Of the 
members of the parental family who lived to ma- 
ture years, we note the following: Samuel married 
.Miss Elizabeth Godwin, and now lives in Oklahoma; 

\ Amos is now deceased, leaving one child — Harriet; 
Elizabeth was the wife of Jerome Trowbridge, and 
died in. Michigan; Isaac married .Mi.ss Edna Godwin 
and lives in Western Kansas; Alvin married Miss 

I Maria Herrick and lives in ValVerde; Alpbonso 
married Miss Sophronia Jlontagiie and lives in this 
township; William married Miss Emeline Miller, 
and they also live in this township. 

The gentleman whose name initiates tiiis notice 

I was born February 6, 1844, in Noble County, Ind., 
and grew to maturity at Kcndallville, first leaving 
his home to engage in the service of his country 
during the Civil War. Fired with the enthusiasm 
which swept like wild fire over the Hoosier Stale, 
when hostilities were declared, he enlisted in 18(;-J. 
as a mcn)ber of Company G, Forty-fourth Indiana 
Infantry, anil was first sent to the Western army, 
but after a lime was discharged on account of ill- 

, ness. When able to travel, he went to Iowa, and 
after regaining bis health, again entered the service, 
his second enrollment being in Company I. Fourth 
Iowa Cavalry. He wps sent to Tennessee, Missis- 
sippi an<l (Georgia, the command being engaged in 



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scouting and skirmishing mostly, and seeing much 
hard service. Mr. Rice was wounded in the left 
leg at Ripley, Miss., and after recruiting from this 
injury, continued his gallant work until the close 
of the war. 

Receiving an honorable discharge, and returning 
once more to civil life. Mr. Rice made his home in 
his native State for several years, and then resided 
in Eaton County, Mich., three years, after whidi, in 
1874, he came to this countj', and the following 
year bought the farm upon which he is now living. 
Since that time he has been a continuous resident 
here, and has earned a high reputation among the 
citizens for intelligence, integrity and ability. He 
is a member of the Masonic order, and is now fill- 
ing the office of Tieasurer of School District No. 
33. He has no desire for political iireferraeut, but 
never fails to cast his vote in the interest of good 
government, his judgment leading him to take his 
place in tlie ranks of the Republican Jiarly. 

Tiie marriage of Mr. Rice took place in the 
Hoosier State, June 12, 1871, his bride being Miss 
Olive A. Thew, whose jiarenlal history will be found 
in a sketch of Joseph Tiiew, on another page in this 
work. This worthy and highly respected lady has 
borne her husband one son — Frank J., who is now 
seventeen years old, his birth having taken place 
May 13, 1872. 



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« JVILLIAM H. ALDRICH. This gentleman 
\/\JH owns and occupies one of the finest homes 
^T^ip in Sumner County. It embraces a highly- 
cultivated and valuable farm, embellished with an 
elegant residence and the outbuildings required for 
the shelter of stock and the storage of grain. The 
farm operations are conducted by the aid of im- 
proved, modern machinery, and in all its oper.ations 
indicates the intelligence and enterprise of the pro- 
prietor. Mr. Aldrich is the owner of two hundred 
and sixty acres of land, and has dealt largely in 
real estate since coming to Kansas, buying and sell- 
ing farm lands extensively. He came to this count}' 
in 1 S77, pre-empting first one hundred and sixtv 



acres on section 29, Falls Township, of which he 
has since been a resident. He started in life at the 
foot of the ladder and has made every dollar of 
his properly by hard work and honest dealing. He 
has found live stock very profitable, and accord- 
ingly has given to this industry a large share of his 
attention. 

Kalam.azoo County, Mich., was the early tramp- 
ing ground of our subject, and where his birth took 
place November 17, 1842. He is the offspring of 
an excellent family, being the son of Amos N. and 
Margaret (Heath) Aldrich, the former of whom 
was a native of Clyde, Wayne County, N. Y. 
Amos Aldrich when quite young removed with his 
parents to Jackson County, but later obtained 
work in Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he 
spent the rem.aiudor of his life. He learned the 
trade of a stone cutter in early manhood, but only 
followed it a comparatively short time, being more 
inclined to farming pursuits. He was a man looked 
up to and respected in his coramunit}-, being for 
many years prior to his death a Class-Leader in the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and was otherwise in- 
strumental in furthering the interests of religion 
and moralit}'. The i)aternal grandfather of our 
subject was Edward Aldrich, a native of New 
York State, and a fiumer by occupation. He spent 
his last years in Kalamazoo County, Mich. 

Mrs. Margaret (Heath) Aldrich, the mother of 
our subject, was born in Niagara Count}', N. Y., 
and removed with her parents in her youth to Kal- 
amazoo County, Mich., where she made the ac- 
quaintance of her future husband. Their union 
was blest by the birth of nine children, all of whom 
are living, and who were named, respectively: 
William H., our subject; Nelson E., Joseph H., 
Margaret A., Arcena E., Martha D., Herbert S., 
Frank B. and John. 

William H. remained a resident of his native 
county until a man of twenty-five years, acquiring 
such education as the district schools afforded, and 
becoming familiar with the various pursuits of farm 
life. He left Michigan in 1807, removing to Taylor 
County, Iowa, where he sojourned for a period of 
ten ye.trs. Then, in 1877, he east his lot with the 
people of this county. While a resident of Iowa, 
he serve<l as a Justice of the Peace, and since com- 




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ing to Kansas has for one term been a Triistoo of 
Falls Townsliip. Botli lie ami his estimable wife 
are active members of the Mellioilist Kpiscopal 
Church at Falls Center. Politlcall}'. Mr. Aldrich 
is inilepenilent. but favors prohiljition. 

While a resident of Tayk)r Coiinty, Iowa. Mr. 
Alil}-ich w.as miuiieii. September 17. ISOH, to Miss 
Annie M. Warriner. This lady was born in Cal- 
houn County. Midi.. June 13. 1841. and is the 
daughter of Lemuel C. ami .lane (Beedle) Wai- 
riner. who were natives of New York, and are now 
<leeeased. Four children have been born of this 
union, viz: Cassel. Leniia, .Maujrie am) Nelson. 
Mrs. Ahlrich owns a (piartcr-sectioii of valuable 
land in Caldwell Township, from which she derives 
a good income. 

KIsewhere in this volume will bo found a litho- 
graphic view of the residence of our subject. 



R.ANK KIHIK. Kansas is the home ')f 
,. ^ many foreign born citizens, whose indus- 
J^ try. thrift ami energy have been effective in 

developing tiie natural resources of the Snnllowcr 
Stnte. and in advancing every good work within iis 
borders. The department of farm labor has been i 
fortunate in including so large a number of indi- 
viduals who represent the best elements of their j 
various nationalities, and who demonstrate by their 
lives that "man is tiic architect of bis own for- 
tune. " The subject of this biography has proved 
liiiiiscif to be a successful farmer and stock-raiser, 
and has built up a fine estate from a small capital. 
While doing so he has maintained a large family 
in CDinfort. and nobly assisted by his wife, lia.s 
reared them to an honorable manhocxl and woman- 
hood, which fact is the brightest star in his crown 
of rejoicing. 

In the Kingdom of Bohemia, the gentleman ot , 
whom we write was b(u-n April 'J, IK.'Jl. Ills par- 
ents, .loseph and Mary Knbik, had a family of six 
children, bearing the names of .loseph. .lohii, Ann, 
Frank. Mary and Kate. With llic exception of 
the latter, now the wife of Oscar Lender, of Itacine, i 



Wis., our subject is the only survivor of the pa- 
rental bancl. lie was reareil on a farm in his na- 
tive country, and. at the age of twentv-three years, 
accompanied his parents across the Atlantic, and 
with tlieiii located in Racine, Wis., where the father 
;md niolher subsetpiently ilied. .(oscpli Kubik not 
only followed farming Imt was also proficient at 
the trade of a stone cutter. 

The Badger .State was the home of our subject 
until March, 1878, when became to Sumner County, 
Kan., and bought one hundred and sixty acres of 
land on section 3. Caldwell Township. He subse- 
quentl}- pre-empteil eighty acres on section 33, of 
the same townshii). and has since added by pur- 
chase to his acreage until he now owii,'< four hun- 
dred and eighty acres of well-improved land on 
sections 31 and 3. He is a man of more than or- 
dinary intelligence, and his citizenshii) and private 
character reflect credit upon his nationality and the 
home of his adoption. In 18G4 he joined the 
riiiou army .as a private in Company B, Twenty- 
second Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the 
close of the war. 

In 185.1, Mr. Kubik was united in marri.age with 
Miss Mary .leiiesta. a native of Bohemia, but at 
the time of their marriage, a resident of Wiscon- 
sin. The union was blesseil by the birth of one 
daughter — Anna — born November 3, 18.i7. The 
loving wife and mother was stricken by death 
March 3, l.s.'jS. Mr. Kubik contracted a second 
matrimonial alliance August 22, 18.511, being then 
united with Miss Anna Daiiek, a l.idy of Bohemian 
nativity, whose eyes lirst o|)ened to the light Au- 
gust 28, 183(). She is the daughter of Nicholas 
and Mary (Kclik) Danek. who emigrated to Amer- 
ica ill 18.")3, settling in Wisconsin. The father died 
in that Slate and the mother in Minnesota. 

Mrs. Anna Kubik has borne her husband twelve 
children, the date of their births being as follows: 
Frank, born July 18. 1860; Mary, September 18, 
18(;i ; Charley, May 27. 18(;3; Lydia. .September 
;i. 18(54; Lewis, April 13, I8GC; (Jeorge, August 
17, 18(17; .loseph, Feburary 6. 18C!>: .lohn, No- 
vember 1(), 1870: .lerry. February II, 1872; Dan- 
iel. September 7. I.s71: Pauline. April 8, 1870; 
Henry, November 17, 1877. .\ll <>f this inleresl- 
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parental roof for homes of their own. Frank. .Jr., 
married Miss Mary .Teck, of Kansas, and after her 
death was united with Miss Catherine Renik, of 
"Wisconsin, in which State they are now living; 
!Mar3- married Anthony Ratt, a fanner of Sumner 
Count3'; Lydia married .Joseph Jenesta, a farmer in 
Racine County, Wis.; George became the husband 
of Miss Anna Bobek. of Snniner County, where lie 
is engaged in farming. 

Mr. and Mrs. Kubik are members of the Evan- 
gelical Church in Bohemia. A fine lithographic 
view of the residence of Mr. Kubik is shown else- 
where in this volume. 



bENRY KNOWLE.S, of the firm of Knowles 
' & Garland, is joint proprietor of one of the 
■-yr^ finest meat- markets in Southern Kansas. 
(i^ It was established in Wellington in 1882, 
by our subject and his son. F. E., and had not 
long been operated ere a fine trade liad been ac- 
quired. On account of ill-healtli the son was 
oliliged to abandon the business, and selling his 
interest to Jlr. Garland, departed to California. 
Mr. Knowles does the buying for the establishment, 
having had quite an extended experience in the 
cattle trade, and l)eing an excellent judge of flesh 
on foot. 

The father of our subject was Darnel Knowles. 
son of Moses Knowles. and a native of is'ew York 
State. He married Miss Sallie Spring, of Massa- 
cliusetls, and his death occurred in Fi'bruar^', 
1823, a month prior to tiie birth of our subject, 
who therefore has but little knowledge of pater- 
nal history. The widow subsequent!}- married a 
second time, lier husband being Abner Goodrich, 
and after residing in New York State several 
years longer, went to Worcester. .Mass., where she 
dejjarted this life. 

Henry Knowles was born in Livingston County, 
N. Y., March 18, 1823, and was leared there, 
attending school as opi>orUinity offered during 
his early 3'cars. His step-father kept an hotel on 
Hemlock Lake, which was known as the '-Half 



Way House," and our subject made himself useful 
about the hotel, which was his home until twenty 
years of age, when he started in life for himself. 
He was industrious and willing, and fuund work 
at various kinds of employment during the fol- 
lowing 3-ear. He was alwa3s inclined to make 
trades, and when twent3'-one he went to Rochester, 
with a drove of cattle, which he sold, this being 
his first deal in that stock, and being accomplished 
in the interests of another man. 

In 1847 Mr. Knowles went by lake to Chicago, 
and thence by,' team to McHeniy Count3-, III., 
where he bought a tract of land in what was 
known as the Burr Oak Openings, and on this wild 
acreage built a log house with a cla}' and stick 
ciuiune3', and took up his pioneer work. Soon 
after he began dealing in stock, and as there were 
no railro.ads through that section cattle had to be 
driven to maiket. One of his first experiences in 
Inisiness was in driving a herd to Milwaukee, 
eighty miles distant, making the drive alone and 
on foot. The Cream City was then a small place, 
and it and Chicago were about of equal size. 
When the Chic.igo it Galena I'nion Railroad was 
completed to Marengo. ^Ir. Knowles shipped the 
first load of cattle ever sent from that place to 
Chicago. At tiiat time cattle were unloaded at the 
freight depot and driven to the stock-3'ards at 
Madison Street, three-fourths of a mile west of the 
river. 

After sojourning on his farm four years, Mr. 
Knowles moved into Marengo, and remained there 
engaged in the cattle and butcher business until 
1878, when he came to tliis county and purchased 
one hunnred and sixt}' acres of wild land seven 

j miles north of town. He built a dwelling and at 
once began to improve land. He had been in ill- 

! health for some lime previ nis to his removal West, 
and was poor in purse, but his short-comings in 
that respect were balanced b3' a large fund of 
energ3' and thrift. After having operated his 
farm about two years he eng.aged in the cattle 
business in a small wa3', buying slock in the coun- 
try and selling to the butcher in town. In 1881 
he removed to this place and devoted his atten- 
tion to buying and shipping cattle and hogs, and 

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tory has hccii before noU'd. lie has been very 
prcisperoiis and has acciiimilatecl a very nice prop- 
erty, lie lias erected a tasty and comfortable 
residence in town, and owns one hundred acres of 
land adjoining the city, and two outlying farms. 
He rents one of these estates, and supervises llie 
work upon the other, where he feeds cattle for 
shipping. 

The marriage of Mr. Knowlestook i)lace in ISli'i, 
his bride being Miss Sarah Waters, who was l)(>rii 
near .lohnsonsburg. Wyoming County, N. Y., on 
the 1st of March, 1820. .She remained under the 
parental roof until her niarriage, acquiring many 
iiousehold arts, those of spinning and knitting 
being included among them. Her father, Robert 
Waters, was born in New England, and was a sol- 
dier in the War of 1812, after which contest he 
settled iu Wyoming Count}-, >■'. Y. He was one 
of the pioneers of that section, and having pur- 
chased a trad of heavy timber laiul, cleared a 
large acreage and resided there until 1830, when 
iie reniDVcd to the Territory of Michigan, and 
again ti)ok up pioneer labors as a citizen of Kala- 
mazoij County. After spending five years on the 
frontier he returned to Wj'oraing Countj', N. Y., 
anil purchased a farm, upon whicii he resideil until 
his death. The mother of Mrs. Knowles was in 
her maidenhood Miss Amarila Knight, and was a 
native of the Kmpire .State. She was a daughter 
of Simeon Knight, an earl}- settler of Chautauqua 
County, wlience he removed to W3-oniing County, 
where he subsequently died. Miss Knight remained 
with her parents until her marriage to Mr. Waters, 
and became conversant with those household 
duties of carding, spinning and weaving, which 
are unknown to the present generation, and which 
she transmitted with good leaching of a moie 
intellectual and moral nature, to her daughter. 
Her children were clothed in garments made ftoui 
doth which she had woven. Her decease took 
place in Wyoming County. 

To Mr. Knowles and his worthy wife seven chil- 
dren have been born — Ellen ami Alice are now 
deceased; Wesley and Frank K. are living in this 
county; Eva married Miner Youmans. and lives in 
Maytield; Charles and Flora are deceased. Iloth 
the parents arc members in gooil standing of the 



Methodist Episcopal Church, and .Mi-. Knijwles has 
been a Class-Leader for many ycius. Both are 
thoroughly respected for their useful and upright 
lives, in a retrospect of which they find no cause 
for serious regret. Politically, he is a stanch 
Republican. 



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\fiA.MES 15. FOLKS. This gentleman is looked 
upon b\ his community as one of the best 
citizens of Chikaskia Township. In addition 
to developing a farm from a tract of wild 
lanil. he has reared a fine family of suns and 
daughters, who are now doing well in their various 
stations in life and reflecting credit upon their par- 
ental training. There is still spared to Mr. Folks 
his faithful life-partner, and the two are passing 
their dei:lining ^ears quietly together, enjoying the 
confidence and esteem of their neighbors, and 
justly feeling that they have not lived in vain. 
Mr. Folks is a man w-ho does his own thinking, ami 
still trains with the Republican party, although a 
radical prohibitionist. He. like many other sensi- 
ble men, esteems it not wise yet to form a third 
partj', believing that greater good can be accom- 
plished by romsining in the solid ranks of Repub- 
licanism. 

Born on the Atlantic coast, in the Slate of Mary- 
land, September IK, 1«2(;. Mr. Folks is thus a 
little [)ast the si.xty-fourth year of his age. He 
only remained a resident of his native State tl;ree 
years, going then with his parents to Ohio. His 
father, Jonathan Folks, was a native of Delaware, 
and a farmer by occupation. The mother, who 
bore the maiden name of Leah Folks, n-.ns not a 
relative of her husband, ami was born in Mary- 
land. To that .Slate Jonathan Folks emigrated in 
early manhood, and there the young people were 
married. They removed to ()hi(» in 182!). and the 
father died there eleven years afterward, in 184(1. 
when his son. .lames B., w.as a lad of fourlecn 
years. The mother is still living, making her honu' 
with her son, J(.>hn H., in San Diego. Cal., and is 
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inclufled nine fliildren, only two of whom are liv- 
ing — James B., and bis brother, Capt. John H. 
FoIi<s, a resident of San Diego, Cai. 

Mr. Folks acquired a excellent education in 
Ohio, completing liis studies at the .South Salem 
Under College, in Ross County. He began teach- 
ing at tiie age of twent3'-one, and followed this 
profession for twelve years tiiereafter, most!}' dur- 
ing the winter season, while in the summer he made 
himself useful at whatever he could fine to do. 
After his children were sufficiently advanced in 
their studies he removed to Champaign, III., in 
order that the elder two might enjoy tlie advant- 
ages of the State Agricnltnral College. In the 
meantime Mr. Folks engaged in the pump and 
windmill business, at whicii he was occupied five 
years, leaving it then to his son, ^A'■illis. Subse- 
quently he was eng.agcd in the marlJe business for 
two year.-;. In 1877 he came to Kansas, and for 
one season lived in the vicinity of ^rdlington. 
Wo next find him at Ft. Reno, where he was con- 
nected with the sutler's department for sixteen 
months. Then returning to his farm in tliiscountv, 
he engaged in the live-stock business, raising cat- 
tle and swine, in whicli he has since been largely 
engaged. He put up his present residence in 
1882, and has himself effected all the other im 
provements upon the jilace. 

One of the most interesting and important 
events in the life of Mr. Folks was his marriage, 
February 7. 1850, to Miss Eleanor ]M. Lindsey, at 
the bride's home in Oliio. Mrs. Folks was liorn 
December 30, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, and is a 
daughter of Robert ancl Sarah (Robertson) Lind- 
sey, who were natives of Penns3'lvania and the 
parents of six eiiihlren. They si)ent their last 
years in Ohio, the father dying in 1 856, and the 
mother in 1858. 

The household circle of Mr. and ]\Irs. Folks was 
completed by the birth of six children, all of wiiom 
are living — Florence J. is the wife of J. T. Shultz, 
of San Diego, Cal ; they have no children; Ida L 
is the wife of J. D. Downey, of Indianola, III., and 
they have four children; Willis K. married Miss 
Emma Jessee, and is engaged in the coal and grain 
trade at Wellington, this State; they have one 
child; Clara E. is the wife of W. E. Thralls, of 



Reno City, in Oklahoma, and tiiey have one child; 
Louie M. is the wife of H. Llewellyn Jones, of An- 
thony, this State, and they have two children; hus- 
band and wife are engaged as abstractors; Ralph 
N. is engagedjas^ajprinter at Seattle, Wash. 

Since early youth Mr. and Mrs. Folks have been 
identified with tlie Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
which Mr. Folks officiates as Steward. Both have 
been active]Vorkers in the Sunday-school, and 
Mrs. Folks has held the office of Superintendent. 
Politically, Mr. Folks affiliates with the Republican 
party, and is in sentiment a strong prohibitionist, 
taking an active part in local politics. He has 
been a member of the School Board for many 
years, and in Ohio was for a number of }-ears 
Township Clerk. T He is a ]\Iaster Mason, and^has 
held variou.s offices in his lodge. ' The Folks home- 
stead emVjraces two hundred and forty acres of 
land, while Mr. Folks has one hundred and sixty 
acres in California. 



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^p^ HARLES E. MURLIX, one of the leading 
'11^!^ business men of Jackson, is likewise re- 
^^^ garded as one of the most valued members 
of his community, being enterprising, liberal and 
puljic-spirited, and the encourager of ever\' com- 
mendable enterprise. His native place was Men- 
don. Mercer County, Ohio, and the date of his 
birth March 18, 1858. He comes of substantial 
stock, being the son of the Rev. Orlando Murlin, 
who was born in Kentucky. August 10, 183(i. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
AVilliam Murlin, a native of Genesee County-, X. Y., 
and horn October 28, 1804. The latter was the son 
of John Murlin, who was born in Northumberland 
CountJ^ Pa., in 1770, and who was married in 17l»2, 
to Aliss Sadie Danderer. They emigrated to Gen- 
esee County, X. Y., during its pioneer days, and 
resided tiiere until 1817, then thej' removed to 
Kentucky, where they spent their last daj-s. Their 
son William was reared in the Blue Grass State, 
and was married, December 25, 1824, to Miss Lydia 
Kigelow. Tlie latter was born December 2.t. 1809, 



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and was thus made a bride at the age uf sixteen 
years. In 1H;{7 the [lair with Iheir lillle family 
removed to Ohio, setlliiij;; among the pioneers of 
Mereer County, where Orandfatlier Mnrlin pur- 
eliased a tract uf heavily Umliered land in I'nion 
Township, lie first put nj) a loj; house, and cleared 
a farm from the wilderness, burning hundreds of 
large, line logs, which, were the}' now in existence, 
would prove a fortune to any man. There he 
spent his last days, passing away .hine 1(1, lH8ti. 
When he look up his residence in the IJuckeye 
State not a railroad had crossed its borders, and 
I'ickaway. forty miles distant, was his nearest mar- 
ket until the completion of a canal, lie lived to 
see the country settled up with an intelligent peo- 
ple. 

The father of our subject was a lad of seven 
years when his parents removed to Ohio, where he 
was reared to man's estate. Ue was converted to 
religion in his youth, and at an early age oHiciated 
as an exhorter in the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, 
and finally became a circuit preacher, lie is still 
livin<r, making his liome in Spencerville, Allen 
County, and is still laboring in the Master's vine- 
yard. 

Mrs. F:stlier (llankinsl Murlin. the mother of our 
subject, was the daughter of Timothy liankins, 
who was born in Pennsylvania, and who settled in 
Mercer County. Ohio, about 1837. He likewise 
cleared a farm ficni the wilderness, being located 
on Eight Mile Creek, Union Township. There his 
death took place in 1887, after he had probably 
attained his fourscore years. To the parents of our 
subject there was born a family of nine children, 
viz.: Timothy \V.. Martin (i.. JIalilda .1.. Charles 
K., Lydia, Lemuel 11., Sarah K., Frank (). and 
Unity .V. Charles E. aMended the district school 
in his neighborhooil, and by giving due attention 
to his books developed into a pedagt)gue at the age 
of twenty years, and was thereafter employed in 
this profession the greater part of the time for five 
years, in Allen and Mercer Counties. Afterwaril 
he employed himself as clerk in a <lry -goods store 
in Cridersville, between three and fmir years. In 
18M1 lie came to Kans.as. lamling in Wellington on 
the l.ilh of May. lie secured a position as clerk 
in a store, but shortly afterward resigned, and going 



to Uinno .'issiimed charge of the ollice of the Hock 
Island Lumber Company, entering upon the dis- 
charge of his duties .lanuary 1, 188."i. This posi- 
tion he has since held with gn^al credit to himself 
and satisfaction to those in whose interests he is 
I operating, lie also deals considerably in grain at 
times. 

The 2.jth of December, 187'.t, was api)roi)riately 
celebrated by Mr. Miiilin by his marriage with 
] Miss Arvilla Hall, which took place at the bride's 
home in N\'est Cairo. Ohio. Mrs. Murlin was born 
I in W'est Cairo, .\llen County. Ohio, and is the 
daughter of Abram Hall, who was born in llnn- 
tington Count}', N. J., in 182G. Her paternal grand- 
father, William Hall, wasa nativeof Sussex Count}*, 
ii'. ,1., and born in 17'.(',l. Hesojourned there until 
after his marriage. Ho then removed to Ohio, in 
May. 1835, settling in Carroll County, where he 
lived two years. Later he removed to Tuscarawas 
County, where he purchased land and prosecuted 
farming until 1853. Next he changed his residence 
to Allen County, purchasing also a farm there, in 
I5ethcl drove District, where he died in 187G. His 
I wife. Christina Smith, was born September 15, 
1 17'.)5. in Huntington County, N. .1., and died in 
i Allen County, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Murlin 
j was nine years old when he removed with his par- 
, euts to Ohio, where he was reared and married. He 
dealt in live stock, and finally took up his residence 
in West Cairo, where he now lives. He served in 
an Ohio regiment during the Civil War, from the 
beginning until its close, and has for some years 
been an invali<l. The maiden name of his wife was 
Barbara Waltz. She was born in Ohio, and was the 
daughter of Samuel Waltz, filr. L. Waltz, a resi- 
dent of Wadsworth, Ohio, prepared and i)ublished 
some time since a history of the Waltz family in 
America. Much care was exercised in the (irepar- 
atiun of the work, and it is highly valuable. There 
are several ditTerent branches of the family in 
America. 

The first ancestor of Mrs. .Murlin in this country 
was Frederick Reinhart Waltz, a native of Switzer- 
land, who crossed the Atlantic in 1750, and settled 
in Pennsylvania. It is stated in the work above 
s|ioken of. that it is believed two of his brothers 
also came over. The line of descent from Frcder- 



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ick Reinhait Waltz is as follows: His son John, 
and next his son, S. P. AValtz; then Samuel Waltz, 
the grandfather of Mrs. Murlin. The mother of 
the latter died in West Cairo, February 4, 1877. 
To our subject and his estimable wife there have 
been born four children — Arthur D., Henry H., 
Grace and Esther A. The latter, who was next to 
the j'onngest, died when two years old. 



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ILLIAM P. McELHINNY. This gentle- 

Mraan is the owner and occupant of a pleas- 
„ „ antly located, improved and valuable farm 
in Greene Townsliip. comprising two hundred and 
forty acres on section 36, upon which he located 
January 19, 1876. He is engaged in farming, and 
the air of thrift and prosperity which marks his es- 
tate indicates that he is desirous of maintaining a 
front rank among the tillers of the soil, and to en- 
joy the comforts with which he has been blessed. 

The parents of our subject were Robert McEl- 
hinnj' and M.ary Creaghead.who after their marriage 
settled in Allegheny County, Pa., where the mother 
died when their son William w.as about eight years 
old. Some three years after her death, the father 
removed with his family to Meigs County. Ohio, 
where he died in N'ovember, 1886. He vvas a car- 
penter, and bv his marriage with Miss Creaghead 
he became the father of three sons and three daugh- 
ters. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
was born in Allegheny County, Pa., April .5, 1843, 
and during his boyhood in that county, attended 
the common schools, acquiring a good foundation 
for the knowledge which he obtained in later jears. 
He grew to manhootl in Meigs Couutj', Ohio, 
where for several years he was employed as a clerk 
in the business establishment of his brother in Mid- 
dleport. Tiienee he went to Scioto County, where 
he acted as superintendent of a stone quarry be- 
longing to H. D. Stewart during a period of four 
j'cars, after which, for some two years, he was en- 
gage:! in selling fruit trees. He then took up his 
residence in this county, where his industrv and 



prudence are reaping a merited reward, and he is 
favorably regarded by his fellow-citizens. 

In Clay Couutj-, 111., April 25, 1876, our subject 
was united in marriage with Lucy Chaffin, a lady 
of Christian character and many domestic virtues. 
Mrs. ^McElhinny was born in Scioto County, Ohio, 
April 19, 1837. The union has been blessed by 
the birth of two daughters — Lizzie M., and Sarah 
E. — whose minds are being developed and culti- 
vated, and into whose hearts the principles of right 
living are being instilled, and who promise to attain 
to useful womanhood. 

In the spring of 1863 Mr. McElhinny enlisted 
in the I'nion army and served about six months as 
a member of Company A, One Hundred and For- 
tieth 0!iio Infantry. In politics he is a Republican, 
firmly believing that the principles of that party 
will best insure the future prosperity and welfare 
of the nation. As a citizen he is reliable and pub- 
lic spirited, as a neighbor and business man just 
and honorable, and in domestic life, kindly and 
considerate. Mrs. McElhinny is a member of the 
Metliodist Ciuirch, of which iier husband and chil- 
dren are attendants. 



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^ILLIAM H. CARNES. This gentleman 
was elected County Clerk in November, 



1889, and during his term of office will 
make his homo in Wellington. He is already well- 
known as one of the most energetic young men in 
the county, where he has not only carried on a farm, 
but during the winter seasons has been eng.aged in 
school teaching for several years, and is held in 
good repute on account of his intelligence, genial- 
it3' and uprightneess. He is a native of the Buck- 
eye State, was born in Union County, November 
30, 1855, and is one of two children born to his 
parents, and the only survivor, his brother Joseph 
having died in infancy. 

The parents of our subject, Cyrus N. and Eliza 
(Heminger) Carnes, were born in the Buckeye 
State, and the mother died when our subject was 



I'OUTRAIT ANU lilOiUlAl'illCAL AL15LM. 



hilt a ln<l. Tlie fallicr is now living in Slaik 
County, Ind., is a farincr and slocii <icaler, and is 
(juiU' wcailliy. In lsG;i lie- unlisted in the I'nion 
army and served iinlil the close of the war. Polit- 
ically he is a Ke|)ublican, and is a member of the 
Methodist l\|iisc()|ial Clnncli. He is of Scotch- 
Irish exlracliin. 

The gcnllcnian of whom we write was reared 
princioally in Indiana, ami cdncatcil in llial Stale, 
in which, after compictinsf his course of study, he 
engaged in teaching. In 1K77 he came to Kansas, 
took iipa claim in Creek Township, Sumner County, 
and after proving up on it returneil to the lloosier 
State, where he remained until 1882. He then came 
hack to this county, and since that time has been 
engaged in farming and teaching as liefore noted. 
Like his father, he is a believer in thi! principles of 
the Republican part}', which he supports with voice 
and vote. 

The lady who presides with housewifely skill over 
the home of Mr. Carnes, was born in White County, 
Ind.. December 2, IHoS, and is the daughter of 
George W. and Agnes (Thompson) Cornell, who 
were also natives of the Hoosier State. She became 
the wife of Mr. Carnes June 18, 1884, and is the 
mother of two children: Alta, w.as born June 24, 
1885, and Everett C, December 22,1887. The 
parents of Mrs. Carnes became residents of Sum- 
ner County in 1877. Mr. Cornell is a f.-irmer, and 
in his political alliliations joins with the Republi- 
can partv. 

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tf AMKS C. O. MORSK, SheritT of Sumner 
County, is one of the younger men who are 
taking front ranks in business enterprises 
and in public stations in the Wc»l, where 
energy and "push" are necessary, and win their 
meed <»f success. He was born in Cambridge. 
Ileniy County, 111.. January 15, 1855, and attended 
.school quite steadily in his native Slate until lifteen 
years old, when bis parents removed to Kansas. 
an<l he linished his studies in Wichita. After his 
father's fleath in the spring of 1875, he managed 
the farm on which he had previously' aesisted. and 



remained in London Township. Sumner County, 
until the fall of 187'.», wlu'U he came to this place. 

The following spring Mr. Morse went to Colo- 
rado, and after spendir.g the summer there, went 
into \ew Mexico where he sojourned nearly a year, 
and then returning to this place he started a job 
printing cstalilishment and a few weeks later pur- 
chased a half interest in the Wi-llhnjhiniaii.a. weekl\- 
newspaper. He retained his interest in the journal 
and the [jrinting establishment until October, 1884. 
when he sold out and became an assistant to Sher- 
iff Henderson. It was not long before he was ap- 
pointed Deputy Sheriff and he fuKilled the duties 
of that i)osition until January, 1888. since which 
time he has served as Constable, and in the fall of 
1889 was electeil Sheriff of the county. 

The Rev. John C. Morse, the father of our sub- 
ject, was a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and 
a sou of Eli.as Morse, who was born in Massachusetts, 
and who was a pioneer farmer in the Huckeye .State. 
About the year 1850 the grandfather of our sub- 
ject removed to Henry County, 111., and purchased 
a farm one and one half miles from Camliridge, on 
whicli he spent his last years. His wife, whose 
maiden name was Sarah Dailey, also departed this 
life on the farm there. 

The Rev. John .Morse wsis reared in his native 
county, and removed to Illinois with his parents, 
their journey being made b^- the lakes to Chicago, 
and thence by team to their new home. During 
the lirst few j'ears of their residence in the Prairie 
State there wore no railroads in that section of the 
countr}', and Rock Island was the nearest market 
until the railrotid was comi»leted to Geneseo. When 
a lad of ten years of age young John was con- 
verted, and united with the Methodist Episcopal 
Cliurch, and in his early manhood he began minis- 
terial labors as a local j)reacher. He bought a 
farm west of Cambridge, on which his family re- 
sided until 187<l. when he came to this .State, mak- 
ing the removal with teams. Wichita was then 
but a small village and there was no railroad nearer 
than Emporia, one hundred miles distant. The 
Rev. Mr. Morse selected a location three miles 
north of Wichita, liled a claim on Government 
land and at once built a frame house, drawing the 
lumber from Emporia. The country around him 



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was veiy sparselj- settled, large herds of Txeas cat- 
tle fed there, deer were abundant, and buffalo in 
large numbers were to be found a few miles west. 
As emigrants were frequentlj' passing, there was a 
good home market for produce. 

The Rev. Mr. Morse resided on the claim he had 
taken on first coming to the State, from Tsovember, 
1870, until Decemlicr, 1873, when he sold and pur- 
chased a tract of land in what is now London 
Township, this county. The farm was situated on 
both sides of the Ninneseah River, a number of 
acres had been broken, and there were a log house 
and stable on the nortli side of the river. Taking 
possession of this farm, its new owner superintended 
the work thereon and also continued his labors in 
spreading the Gospel until the time of his death, 
which occurred at Cambridge, 111., (where he had 
been summoned on account of his father's sick- 
nois.) ^lay 31, 1875. His widow is now a resident 
of this city. She was born in Coshocton County, 
Ohio, and bore tlie maiden name of Rebecca Jane 
Westlake. To her and her Liusbaud four children 
were born. 

At the home of the biide, in London Township, 
in 1876, Mr. .James Morse was united in marriage 
with Miss Rachel E. Chenowelh, who was born in 
Fayette County-, Ohio. Her parents, Lewis F. and 
Martha (Morgan) Chenowetli, were natives of 
Madison and Franklin Counties, Ohio, and came 
to Kansas in 1871, first settling in Doniphan County 
and in 1873 removed to this coiintv, the father 
buj'ing a tract of land in London Township, which 
he improved and on which they still live. To Mr. 
Morse and his estimable wife two children have 
been born — Emma E. and Lucretia L. Mrs. Morse 
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has 
many warm friends in the community, where her 
husband also is highly regarded. 



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,^^ EORGE MORTON. 
Y| ^— , of the most prominei 
^^sfi ford Township, and 



//?^ EORGE MORTON. This gentleman is one 
inent agriculturists of Ox- 
one of the largest land 
owners, and he also ranks among the earlv settlers. 



as he came here in 1873. His home is situated on 
section 20, and l>ears marked improvements, in- 
cluding a fine orchard, neatlj- kept hedge, and a 
dwelling which is one of tlie finest farm houses in 
the vicinity. It is a two-story structure. 16x28 
feet and 1 tx 1 6 feet, and is well Imilt and of a pleas- 
ing architectural design. Tbe entire landed estate 
of Mr. Morton comprises seven hundred and twenty 
acres, and the most of his proi)eity has been ac- 
cumulated by his own energy and able management 
since coming here. 

Tlie birth of Mr. Morton took place near Glas- 
gow, Scotland. February 7, 1844, and he lived upon 
a farm in that country until 1866, obtaining a good 
education and a practical knowledge of agricul- 
tural pursuits. At the dale mentioned he accom- 
panied a .Scottish colony to New Zealand, where he 
lived until about the close of the 3-ear 1S71. when 
he came to the United States via California, and 
worked along for a place until he arrived in Wich- 
ita, Kan., where he sojourned two years. He then 
came to this county, bought out the claim to the 
quarter section upon which his home is, and proved 
upon it, receiving the only deed ever given to the 
place. He paid 36 per cent, for money to prove 
up with, made almost all the improvements, and as 
he was able, paid his indebtedness and purchased 
more land. The first addition to his acreage was 
purchased for the .sum of $550 and 82,800 was 
paid for the next. Mr. Morton keeps both horses 
and cattle, has one quarter section mainl}- in pas- 
ture land, and carries on both grain and stock rais- 
ing quite extensively. 

At the home of the bride in this county, March 
17, 1881, Mr. Morion was united in marriage with 
Miss Stella Rus-ell. She was a daughter of John 
Russell, who now lives in Avon Township, and was 
born in Canada in 1855. .She is well educated and 
possesses man}' housewifely and womanly virtues. 
The happy union has been blessed by the birth of 
four children, of whom three are now living — 
Minnie, George and Thomas. The parents were 
bereaved of their daughter Mary, on Februarj- 8, 
1889. 

Mr. Morton has been School Director for two 
years, and manifests an intelligent interest in the 
wcllfare of the schools. He is a man of strict 



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luiiU)!' and probity, and of a coni|iaiii()iialile iialiite. 
and is iiijjhly rcgaided \>y iiis follow-fili/.L'iis. lie 
is a member in good standing of tiie I'resliyleiian 
Cliiiroli. Mr* Morton is a member of the C'imreh 
of liud. 



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'S^lMiAR I). KASTKi;. M. I)., whose portrait 
|fel 'S l)resented on the o[)po.site page, is a prac- 
/IL^ tieing physician and dealer in drngs at Milan, 
and is riLchtly chissid among tlie nijst |)r()minent 
citizens of that flourishing town. lie carries a full 
line of drugs, and has the exclusive trade in that 
branch of merchandise. He also has a line practice 
in his profession, which he has thoroughly studied, 
not only in America but also in Europe. His l)eau- 
tiful residence is built on the same lot witii his 
drug-store, and is as attractive and cozy a home as 
anyone could desire. He also owns residence prop- 
erty and lots in Anthony, Harper County, Kan., 
and considers tiiat city the best for its size in the 
State. The prosperity which has attended his 
efforts in life is a proof of his natural ability and 
hi.s unbounded energy, for, with the exception of 
his earl}' education, bis extended knowledge and 
worldly possessions are due entirely to his own 
efforts. 

The father of our subject was .1. .1. Easter, a na- 
tive of Virginia, who was educated for the ministry, 
and who moved to Pennsylvania during his early 
years. When he had grown to manhood he bought 
a farm in Fayette County, and gave his attention 
principally to raising cattle and horses. He mar- 
ried Miss Mary E. Ehert, a native of the Keystone 
State, who bore him fourteen children. Of this 
large family ten are now living. During the Civil 
War the two olilest sons served their countr}' as 
members of a Pennsylvania regiment. The father 
died in 1887, and the mother still survives at the 
age of sixty-eight years, and lives on the homo 
farm. 

Dr. Easter was the sixth child born to liis par- 
ents, and opened his eves to the light in Fayette 
County. Pa.. .Inne 7. is.')l. Intil his thirteenth 
year he attended the di^tricl schools, pursuinir the 



elementary branches, and then became a pupil in 
the High .SelK>ol. after wliieh he spent two years at 
work in a woolen factory. In 18C9 he went to 
Iowa. an<l for a siiort lime was employed in a 
woolen factory in Fairfield, next entering the otlice 
of Dr. P. N. Wood, now deceased, and spending 
a year in niedjcal studies. Fully determined to ac- 
quire a thorougii knowledge of his chosen profess- 
ion, he engaged in the business of selling organs 
and sewing machines, .as a temporary expedient by 
wiiich to acquire means to prosecute his sturlies, 
and in this w.ay saved enough to pay tuition for 
three and a half years. 

We next find the young student in attendance at 
the Keokuk Medical College during nearly two 
courses of lectures, following which he bought out 
the office ami good will of a physician in N'an 
Huren County, contr.acting to pay $1,560. and go- 
ing in del)t for the entire amount. Four years and 
five months were spent in that county, whence, in 
1878, Dr. Easier came to Kansas, and locating on 
a claim two miles south of Milan, built a sod- 
house and began life .as a Kansas citizen, with a 
capital consisting of a team of horses and ^3.5 in 
money. Eighteen months later he returned to 
Keokuk, accompanied by his wife, and both took a 
six months' course of lectures. Dr. Easter was 
graduateil in 1881. while Mrs. Easter returned to 
the institution the following year, and won her 
diploma also. 

Two years after the Doctor's graduation he 
crossed the Atlantic, accompanied by his wife, and 
in London, England, took a surgical course at St. 
Thomas College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a 
course in obstetrics at the women's liosi)ital. After 
this addition to the theoretical and practical under- 
standing of medical science, whieh he had pre- 
viously po.ssessed, the cultured cou|)le returned to 
their home in .lune, 1884, and there, in December, 
188(i, the wife, breathed her last. 

Dr. Easter contracted a second matrimonial 
alliance, April 5, 1888, his chosen companion being 
Miss Allie M., daughter of Dr. G. M. Walker, of 
Uosemond, III. She is the older of two children 
born to her parents, and her natal day wiis March 
12. 1865. She is a cultured and refined l.ady. was 
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111., anrl is a wortby companion for a man of her 
liusbaud's intellect and acquirements. Her mother 
died in 1873, and iier father is still practicing medi 
cine in Rosemond. 

Dr. Easter belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, and is now one of the Examining 
Surgeons of tiiat organization in Milan. He lias 
also been a member of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, in which he has held several offices. 
Interested, as all American citizens should be. in 
political affairs, he has decided in favor of the 
principles of the Democracy, and therefore casts his 
vote in their behalf. It is needless to state that he 
is not only respected by his fellow-citizens in Mi- 
lan, but over a wide extent of country he is favor- 
ably known as a successful and learned physician 
and surgeon, and as a gentleman of integrity and 
honor. 



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ANIEL FP:AGINS, a veteran of the late 
war, is well and favorably known to the 
V^ people of Walton Township, where he 
owns a well-regulated farm of eighty acres 
on section 1 4. With the exception of the tiran 
spent in the army, he has teen a life-long agricult- 
urist and very successful. While in the service of 
his country he contracted a severe cold which re- 
sulted in the loss of his eyesight, and on account 
of which he draws a pension of %li per month. He 
has learned to bear his affliction with equanimity 
and succeeds in a remarkable degree in making the 
best of circumstances. His course in life has been 
such as to establish him in the esteem and confi- 
dence of his fellow-citizens. 

Fayette County, Ohio, was the early tramping 
o-round of our subject, and where his birth took 
place February 10, 1817. He was the first born of 
AVillis and Elizabeth (Jones) Feagins, the former 
of whom was a native of Kentucky and born May 
4, 1795. Willis Feagins, when a young man, emi- 
grated to Fayette County, Ohio, with his parents, 
where he sojourned until 1844. That year he 
sought the Far West, removing across the Missis- 
sippi to Davis County, Iowa, where he prosecuted 



farming successfully and departed this life in 1873. 
For many years prior to his death he was a promi- 
nent meml)er of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and poiiticall}-. voted the Democratic ticket. Dan- 
iel and Molet (Combs) Feagins, the paternal grand- 
parents of our subject, were probably natives of 
Virginia and both died in Fayette County, Ohio, 
(Grandmother Feagins at the advanced age of one 
hundred and seven years. Grandfather Feagins 
served all through the Revolutionary War, with 
tiie rank of Major. The mother of our subject 
was a daughter of Thomas Jones, likewise a Revo- 
lutionary soldier, and a native of the Blue Grass 
State. 

There were born to the parents of our subject 
eight cliildren besides himself, and who were named 
respectively, \''iolet, Tliomas, Catherine, Ellin, 
Susan, James, William, and Sarah J. .Six of these 
are living. Daniel remained a resident of lii.s na- 
tive county until 1840, and then, a young man of 
twenty-three years, went to Iowa in advance of the 
family, settling on a farm in Davis County. He 
sojourned in the Ilawke^'e State until 1877, then 
came to Kansas, settling first in Cowley County, 
and thence removing in 1878 to this count}'. 

AVhile a resident of Iowa ]\lr. Feagins, in 1863, 
enlisted as a I'nion soldier in Company D, Third 
Iowa Cavalry, and was subsequently promoted to 
be Sergeant. He was in tlie service until July. 
1865, and then, the war being over, received his 
honorable discharge at Edgefield, Tenn. He par- 
ticipated in many of tlie important battles of the 
war, including Big Blue and Nashville. The hard- 
ships and privations which he endured were borne 
with the fortitude and heroism which almost uni- 
formly distinguished the conduct of the Union 
soldiers. They have been cited too often to need 
repetition here. The memory of those brave boys 
will be cherished as long as the United States stands 
as a nation. Mr. Feagins cast his first Presidential 
vote for \'an Buren and has since remained a stanch 
adherent of the Democratic party. He belongs to 
the G. A. R. Post at Arkansas City. 

Wliile a resident of Iowa Mr. Feagins was mar- 
ried, June 13, 1846, to Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderson, 
who was a native of his own county in Ohio, and 
who w.as born July 28. 1824. Mrs. Feagins is the 



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(l:iiij;litcr of .lessp and Rpgiiia (llinkk') Fisk, who 
were natives of N'irjfinia and Tennsylvania. Ilcr 
father spent liis hist years in Iowa; the motiier is 
slill living. She lived with lier (larents until her first 
marriage with Daniel Sanderson who died Novem- 
ber I'J, 181;'). Mr. and Mrs. Feagins are the parents 
of eight children — laraes \V., Daniel F.. William 
T.. Emily K.. Elvira A., Mary E., Thoniiis J. and 
Jesse C. 



U'lLLIAM C. (iLAlZi;. Cashier of the State 
National Hank at Wellington, came to 
^J^ Sumner County in April, 1884, and has 
held his present position since that lime. This hank 
is located at the intersection of Lincoln and Wash- 
ington Avenues and is one of the most reliable in- 
stitutions of the kind in the count}-. 

Mr. (ilaize was l)orn in Winchester, Frederick 
County. Va., September 21, 18o2. and lived there 
until the spring of 1875. Me attended the common 
school during his boyhood and youth and com- 
menced his business career in the employ of his 
nncle. W. A. Rinker, with whom he remained three 
years. We next tind him in Kirksville, Mo., as a 
member of the firm of Steer, Glaize ct Co. Remain- 
ing in business there until the spring of 1881, he 
tlien sold out and located in ^luscatine, Iowa, en- 
gaging in the same business. In the spring of 1882, 
he changed his field of operations to W.ishington, 
Iowa, associating himself with a Mr. Hall and con- 
tinuing there until 1886. That year, coming to 
Wellington, he assisted in the organization of the 
State National Hank, which was organized on the 
ISv of August and opened its doers for business 
October 11, with A. II. Smith. President. William 
.Myers, Vice I'rcsitlent and Mr. (Jlaize. Cashier. th<' 
capitnl stock being *50,00(). Willi the exception 
of the \'ice President the ollicers still remain the 
same. Mr. M)'* rs was succeeded by (leorge Hunter. 
Mr. Olaize in addition to his connection with tlic 
bank as a stockholder, also h.is iin interest in the 
Southern Kan.-i.as Farm, Loan ik Trust Company, 
and is a heavy stockholder in thegJis plant at Wel- 
lington. The bank buihling i> a line three story 



structure with a basement and occupying an area 
of 2.JX.T0 tqH. It is thoroughly equipped and an 
ornament to the city. 

Mr. Glaize was married at Kirksville, Mo. .lanu- 
ary 2!), 188G, to Miss Nellie T. H.agg. Mrs. Glaize 
was born in New York. January 1, 1862, and is the 
daughter of John Hagg who came West at an early 
d.'ite and operated as a railroad bridge contractor 
both in Missouri and Kansas. Mr. and Mrs Glaize 
are members in good standing of the Baptist 
Church, and Mr. (JIaize, politically, is a stanch 
Democrat. During the progress of the Civil War 
he visited the South and was at Winchester at the 
time of the f.'imous battle there and h.ad a view ot 
the conflict. 

The father of our subject w.as George Glaize, 
likewise a native of Frederick Conntv. Va. He was 
born October 4, 1822, and has si)ent his entire life 
within five miles of his birthplace. Although quite 
aged, he is still hale and hearty. The mother, born 
March 28, 1821, bore the maiden name of Harriet 
S. Rinker. and the parental familj- consisted of nine 
children. The maternal grandfather of our subject 
was Cn»per Rinker. a native of ^'irginia and who 
spent the greater part of his life in Frederick 
County. 



Ir^yErBEN A. ANDERSON. This gentleman 
L^ is recognized as one of the largest land- 
i\ \\\ ownei s of this county, holding the warrantee 
^ deed to one thousand aiul twelve acres, be- 
sides a large stock ranch in Birbour County. He 
gives considcralde attention to the breeding of 
gr.aded stock, while a part of his land is devoted 
to general agriculture. He is a man in the prime of 
life, having been born October 2.'?. 184j, and his 
native place was Sullivan County, Ind. He came to 
Kansas in 1878, locating on section 31, London 
Tf(wnsliii>, of which he has since been a resident. 

The subject of this notice was the eldest child of 
Absalom and Cynthia A. (Pierce) An<lerson, the 
former of whom was born in Kentucky', in IKOK. 
Six years later he was taken by his parents to 
Indiana, of which .Statt- he remained a resident 



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thereafler until his death, at the age of fiftj- 3'ears. 
He followed famiing successfully and was a man 
intelligent and well-informed, keeping himself 
posted upon iiolitical events and uniform!}' voting 
the Democratic ticket. His father, Robert Ander- 
son, wasii native of Scotland, whence he emigrated 
to Am'?rica at an early day, settling in Kentucky 
and finally removing to Indiana where he spent his 
last days. 

Mrs. Cyntliia (Pierce) Anderson, was born in 
Ohio and is still living, being about sixt3-eight 
years old and making her home in Kansas. She is 
the daughter of John and Sophia Pierce, who were 
likewise natives of the Buckeye State, whence they 
subsequently removed to Indiana, where they spent 
their last days. Grandfather Pierce was a farmer 
by occupation and both lie and his good wife were 
members of the Baptist Church. To Absalom and 
Cynthia Andercon there was born a family of nine 
children, viz: Reuben A., Commodore P., Jonathan 
AL, John P., Sophia, James A., Elizabeth, Robert 
C. and Ciiarles. Only four of these are living, viz: 
Reuben, Jonathan. Robert and Charles. Reuben 
was reared and educated in his native county, liv- 
ing there until coming to this State. He is quite 
prominent in local affairs and served one term as 
County Treasurer. During the progress of the Civil 
War he enlisted October 9, 1864, at Terre Haute, 
in Company B, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and 
participated in the battles of Franklin and Nash- 
ville, Tenn., besides many minor engagements. He 
served until the close of the war, being mustered 
out October 18, 1865. On the 12th of July, 1866, 
he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Nel- 
son. This lady was a native of Indiana and bj- 
iier union with our subject became the mother of 
nine children, viz: Ellazan, Armiuna A., William 
A., Joseph, Lemuel L.. James W., Reuben H. and 
two who died in infancy. Mrs. Eliza J. (Nelson) 
Anderson departed this life at her home on May 6, 
1883. 

Mr. Anderson contracted a second matrimonial 
alliance January 28, 1886, with Miss Lucinda Bow- 
dre. This lady was born March 19, 1849, in Union 
County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Samuel and 
Nancy (Green) Bowdre, who were likewise born in 
th" Bucke3-e Slate. The mother died in Ohio at the 



age of sixty -six years. Mr. Bowdre is still living, 
making his home in Ohio and being now seventy' 
years old. He has been a lifelong farmer and served 
as Justice of the Peace. Two children have been 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson — Ruth A., July 4, 
1887, ana Maude H., April 21, 1889. 



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«)RUMAN TUCKER. The lives periiaps of 
the majoritj' of men pass on apparently like 
the smooth current of a river and those who 
only observe the surface know little of what lies 
beneath or how has been brought about the appa- 
rently smooth current. Those who have periiaps 
struggled under the greatest dilliculties. have 
been the most quiet under all circumstances; but 
still liave achieved frequently greater results than 
their morr.- noisy brethren. The suliject of this no- 
tice has builded well as far as character and dispo- 
sition goes and is a man held in the highest respect 
in his community. Upon liis well-cultivated farm 
of one hundred and thirty acres he has lived 
for a period of seventeen years, developing a good 
homestead and at the same time establishing him- 
self upon a firm liasis as a man and a citizen. He 
lives unpretentiously, yet comfortabl}', his home 
lying on section 13, Avon Township. 

A native of Meade County. Ky., ]Mr. Tucker was 
born August 19, 1854, and when quite young was 
taken by his parents to Missouri where his father 
died when he was a lad of eight years. The family 
sojourned five years in that State and at a time 
when the climate was verj' unlu^althy, and after 
the death of her husband the widow-ed mother re- 
turned with her children to the Blue Grass State 
where Truman was reared to manhood. They 
lived upon a farm and young Tucker acquired his 
education in the common schools. Leaving his 
native State he repaired to Henderson County, 111., 
where he prosecuted farming eight years, and in 
1869, crossing the Mississippi, established himself 
in Labette County, this State. 

In Labette County Mr. Tucker was married 
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Marion County, Iowa, and born March "iO. 18ij0. 
The younor people commonrcd llicir wedded life 
together on a farm in that county, sojourninsj: lliere 
until 1872. Their next removal was to this county 
when they settled upon tlu'ir present farm in Avon 
Township. In the meantime during the Civil War 
and wliile a resident of Henderson County, III., 
Mr. Tucker enlisted as a Union soldier, in Company 
I. Kiyhteeutii Illinois Infantry, and served si.\ 
months duiing the last part of the war. He cast 
his first Presidential vote for Lincoln, and is a 
stanch supporter of the |)rinciples of the Uepuhli- 
can ]>arty. He and his estimable wife are active 
members of the Christian Church, endeavoring to 
carry out their professions in their daily lives. 

They have made man^- friends during their long 
sojourn in this counts and liave welcomed uniler 
their hospitable roof its best citizens, (ienial and 
companionable they arc ever ready to extend a 
helping hand to those less fortunate than themselves 
and are possessed of that good l)reeding which is 
recognized at once in their intercourse not only 
with friends but with strangers. They are full 
worthy of re|)resentation among tlic better c'asses 
of people of this county. The mother of our sub- 
ject died in Hancock County. 111., in JIay. 1h,S(J. 



5J\MKLINK MICKLEY. the subject of lliis 
sketcli, is tiic widow of Michael .Muckley. a 
pioneer of Sumner County, who was born 
in Stark County. Oiiin, on the Till of .September, 
1H:5!I. .lohn Muckley. the father of Michael, was 
born near I'.aden, Germany, ami came to Amer- 
ica with his parents, wiio were among the lirst set- 
tlers of Stark County, and rcsifled there during the 
rest of their lives, .lohn M. was but a lad when he 
came to this country. He was reared in tlie lioine of 
bis parents anil received such an education as the 
county afforded at that lime. Upon reaching his 
maturity he was united in marriage with a la<ly of 
the same county and they s|)ent their life in I'ike 
Township, Stark County, Ohio, on a farm. 

Michael Mucklev was reared on the f.irni of bis 



parents anil rnnained at home assisting his father 
to oi)eratc the place until the war broke out in 
18G1, when he tendered his services for the defense 
of his country and was assigned to duly with the 
Army of the Potomac. He enlisted in Company 
D. One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Infantry for a 
term of three years. He bore bis part bravely in 
all the engagements that his regiment w.as called 
upon to take part in, and was one of the gallant 
supporters of the old Hag in the glorious and deci- 
sive'batlle of Gettysburg, when the hitherto proud 
hosts of the Confederacy were shattered and driven 
back to their native place soon to dwindle away 
and surrender to the brave ho}'s in blue. When 
the term of service expired for wliich Mr. ^Muckley 
had enlisted, he returned to his father's farm and 
operated a sawmill for some two years. He then 
entered a general fitore and engaged as a clerk for 
about one year, but his health proving unequal to 
the task he returned once more to the farm. 

Shortly after leaving tht store Mr. Muckley 
formed a partnership with an uncle and bought a 
tract of land upon which there was a sawmill and 
also a tloiu-ing-mill. Mr. Mucklev superintended 
the work of the farm and also operated the two mills 
with good success. He resided there until 1H78. 
when he sold out his interests and removed to Kan- 
sas. He settled in .Sumner Count}' at a time when 
Wichita, forty miles away, was the nearest railroad 
point and the nearest market. The count}- had but 
few settlers and was very little improved. Mr. Muck- 
lev bought a tract of land embracing the southwest 
(juarter of section 22 in .Tackson Township, and at 
once set to work to iniprova it and convert it into 
a line farm. He resided there until iiis death. M.ay 
(i. 1H87. He had in the meantime erected a com- 
fortable set of frame buildings and planted fruit 
and shade trees. 

January 4. I8('>t;. Michael Muckley and Kmeline 
Howenstine were united in marriage. .Mrs. Muck- 
ley is a native of Pike Township, .Stark County, 
Ohio, where she was reared in the home of her par- 
ents. Her father. Jacob Howenstine, was lK>rn in 
llagerstown. Md.. ami his father, also named Jacob 
Howenstine, was born of (Jerman parents in Ger- 
many. The grandfather of Mrs. Muckley removed 
from Maryland to Ohic^ crossing the mountains in 



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tlie usunl style of the times with teams, and settled 
in Stai k County when there were few other resi- 
dents in the neighborhood. He took np Govern- 
ment land and made a comfortable home for his 
famil}'. His last days upon earth were spent in the 
place where he had been a pioneer so many^ j'ears 
before. The father of Mrs. Muckley was reared in 
Maryland and accompanied his father to Ohio when 
the latter emigrated to that State. The family lo- 
cated in Pike Township, and after some time Jacob 
H., Jr., started out for himself. He bought a tract 
of heavy timbered land in Pike Township and set 
to work cutting down trees to make room for the 
log cabin which was to be his home until such 
time as he could make a better. The cot then 
built was the birthplace of Mrs. Muckley, and sim- 
ilar lowly dwellings have been the homes of thous- 
ands of the best citizens of which America can 
boast. 

The trials and hardships of tiie pioneers are a 
constant source of supply to the story-tellers of the 
present age. The open fireplace where the cooking 
had to be done, the rolling of the logs together onl}' 
to burn them, because in the stage of development 
which they were then in, that was the only use that 
could be made of what would be almost of price- 
less value at tlie present time, and the man^' other 
things curious and pitiful that are related, were all, 
or nearly all, the lot of the parents of Mrs. Muck- 
ley during the early years of their life. Energy 
and industry overcame all the trials to which they 
were subjected, and the}' succeeded in making a 
fine farm and erecting good buildings. The father 
of Mrs. JMuckley is still living on the place which 
he improved during the years of his youth and 
manhood, although his years number eighty-two. 
The mother of Mrs. Muckley was Margaret Miller, 
a native of Pennsylvania and daughter of John and 
Rebecca Miller. Mrs. Ilowenstine died in 1 887, 
having reached a good old age. 

Mrs. Muckley is one of a family of six children, 
whose names are as follows: Emeline, the subject 
of this notice; William and Jacob, who are resi- 
dents of Huntington County, Ind.; Cyrus and 
Einery, who are living in Stark County, Ohio, and 
Almira who is married to David Evans. Since the 
death of her husband Mrs. .Muckley has resided on 



the home farm, which she carries on with good 
success. She is a wom m of much force of charac- 
ter and enjoys the esteem of her many friends; she 
is a devoted and worthy member of the Presbyte- 
rian Church, of which Mr. Muckley was also a con- 
sistent member during his life time. 



ELI W. MORRIS. Although it has been but 
a few years since the above-named gentle- 
' man located in Harmon Township, he and 

his estimable wife have already established them- 
selves among the most highly respected residents 
of the county, and have manj' warm friends therein 
who thoroughly appreciate their noble qualities of 
heart and mind. The father of Mr. Morris was 
christened Lorenzo D., and was born in West Vir- 
ginia. His mother bore the maiden name of Mary 
Witt, and Tennessee was her native State. After 
the marriage of this couplo they settled in Greene 
Count\'. III., where four children were born to 
them, of whom our subject is the youngest. The 
death of the mother took place in March, 1812, and 
the father survived until June, 1887. 

The natal day of our subject was March l.i, 
1841, and he grew to manhood in his native county, 
acquiring a good education in the common schools 
and a practical training from his worth}' father. 
Upon reaching man's estate he engaged in farming 
in Macoupin County, and after tilling the sod there 
a year took his departure for the Pacific Coast, and 
in California carried on the dairy business three 
years. He then returned to the Mississipi)i Valley 
and again entered upon a farmer'.-; life in Macouiiiu 
Count)', HI., continuing so empkned there until 
.September, 18815, when he went to Arkansas and 
engaged in the cattle business. He prosecutc<l lliat 
business until May, 1887, and then settled in Har- 
mon Township, where he now owns one huiulred 
and si.xty acres of land laying on section 28. The 
estate is thoroughly and intelligently cultivated 
and bears all needful buildings, which have been 
erected in a substantial manner ami with due re- 
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285 



iippcaifiiu'i'. 'riic wlioif estiitc has :tn aiipearaiice 
of order and thrift which plainly indicates to a 
passer-by liiat its owner is a tiiorongh fanner and a 
man of good taste and good judgment. The inter- 
nnl arrangements of the dwelling, and the neatness 
and good cheer that abound within, .is plainly 
mark the housewifely qualities and refinement of 
the lady who presides within its walls. 

The wife of .Mr. Morris is a native of Macoupin 
t'ounty. 111., where their niarri.ago took place Feb- 
ruary i;?, 1870. The l)ride bore the maiden name 
of Arabella T. Bates and her natal day was Febru- 
ary ;5. 18.')3. She is the eldest of two children born 
to F. M. and Tabitha M. (Davis) Bales, the latter 
of whom died in Kentucky and the former during 
the war. in which he was an ollicer of the Confed- 
erate army. .Seven bright children make up the 
jewels of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, and thei' bear the 
names respectively of Leon L., Nevada B., Paul V., 
Kthel B.. Mary M., Jennie L. and Marvel K. 

Mr. Morris belongs to the Farmers' Alliance, 
and both he and Mrs. Morris are members in good 
standing of the Baptist Church. Mr. Morris pos- 
sesses the plciisant and affable manners which com- 
bincil with his intelligence and good principles 
wt)ulil naUirally win friends, and it is not strange 
that even in his short residence in this county he 
is so Well and f.-ivurabiv known. 




ON. DANIF.L F. .lANFWAY, M. D. In 
)' the person of the subject of this notice we 
have that of a leading physician and sur- 
geon of Argonia. a gentleman well educated, 
intelligent, and Ihuroughly uuderslanding the du- 
ties of his profession. In the fall of IJS.SIS he w.as 
elected on tlie Republican ticket as a Representa- 
tive to the Kansas lA'gislature from the Eighty- 
nfili District, hohling until 1891. He is eulirely 
in sympathy with the principles of his party, and a 
liberal and public spiriteil citizen, serving as Secre- 
tary of the school board, .-nul nthcrwise identifying 
liimself with the best interests of his coniinunil v. 



lu Ma.sonic circles he Ijclongs to Chikaskia Lodge 
No. 28.J, in which he is M.aster, and he is also a 
member of Argonia Lodge, No. 272. 1. (). (). K.. in 
which he is Past (Irand. and has been a Representa- 
tive to the Grand Lodge. He is a member of the 
•Southwestern Kansas Medical Association, and l)v 
virtue of his powers as Representative, served on 
the committee of Public Health in cities of third- 
class, and Manufactures. 

The Doctor was born January 6, 18.j4, in Jeffer- 
son County, Tenn., and was the ninth in a family 
of twelve children, the offsi>ring of Charles and 
Susannah (Hammer) Janeway, also natives of that 
Suite. Nine of their children are still living. The 
parents were married in Tennessee, December 21, 
18.'{G, and emigrated to Iowa in 1858, settling in 
Jasper County, where they now reside. The father 
is seventy-five years old, and the mother sevenlv- 
four. They celebrated their golden wt^ddinc in 
188G. 

The early education of Dr. .laneway was con- 
ducted in the district schools of Iowa, and later he 
attended Hazel Dell Academy at Newton, where he 
prepared for college. He entered the Freshman class 
at Penn College, Oskaloosa, from wliich |r. w.ig 
graduated June, 1879, in the; regular classical course, 
receiving the degree of A. B. For two years af- 
terward he held the position of principal of public 
schools at Kellogg, and Liter was similarly occu- 
pied at Cottonwood Falls, this St^ite. In the mean 
time he employed his leisure hours in the reading 
of medicine. In.luly. 1882, repairing to Kan.sas 
City, he entered the medical college ihei'e from 
which he was graduated March I. 18S|, He opened 
his first olfi<-e in Argonia. Sumner County, where 
he li.is since resiiled and built up a fine practice. 

Dr. .laneway contracted matrimonial tios .July 
2H, IH.Hl, with Miss .Vda V. Moore. .Mrs. .laneway 
is a native of Iu<liana. was the eldest child of her 
parents, Morris anil Rebecca (Beals) Moore, anil 
was born OctoI)cr 2(). 18.')8. Her father was a na- 
tive of North Carolina, and her mother of Tonnes- 
see. They caine to this Slate at a very early day. 
settling in Chase County, where the father prosecu- 
ted farming successfully, and died in 1871. The 
molliei was remarried to '/.. W. Morgan, and is now 
living in Chase Cnunl\'. <>f her first union there 



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was born six children, five of whom arc now liv- 
ing. Mrs. J.anewaj- acqiiirerl an excellent educa- 
tion, completing her studies in the Normal School 
at Emporia. Subsequently she was employed as a 
tejieher, some of tiie lime in the schools of Argonia. 
With one exception, all her brothers and sisters are 
occupied in the same manner. Her sisiei, Belle, is 
a primary teacher in the First Ward at Welling- 
ton, Kan. 

To the Doctor and his estimable lady there have 
been born three ciiildren: George ]\L, May 25. 
1882; Susan Lucille, October 24, 1885. and Rosa 
Lenore, .June 27, 1888. Doctor and Mrs. Jancway 
are members of the Friends' Church. They occupy 
a neat home in the northern part of the city, and 
number tlieir friends and acquaintances among its 
most cultured people. 



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- ,,^ BEL L. TILTON, one of the earliest set- 
Wlu\ tiers of Oxford Township, entered a claim 
on section 1, in 1870, then returned to his 
home in Vermilion County, 111., for his 
family, removing them hither the following year. 
The stor3' of his trials and triumphs thereafter is 
similar to those which have been detailed so often 
in the compilation of this volume. Suffice it to 
say that he labored industriously, practicing econ- 
omj', and in due time met with his reward. 

A native of the Island ot Montreal, Canada, 
A. L. Tilton was born February 18, 1832, and 
made his home there until about 1835, when he 
accompanied his parents upon their removal to 
Ohio, and subsecpientl}' removed to Vermilion 
County, 111. Settling at Danville, Grandfather 
Tilton established a brick kiln and also operated 
as a contractor and builder. Among other work 
he constructed a dam across the Vermilion River 
for Amos Williams, who was one of the most 
prominent millers in that part of the State. Abel 
and his brother Fred assisted their father in his 
labors, and in 1838 they were engaged in hauling 
stone for the abutments of tlie Wabash Railroad, 
whicii was beiu"' built ))>• the State. They also 



carried the mail from Danville to Joliet, a distance 
of one hundred and ten miles with about seven offices 
between. Tiiere was not a bridge between the 
tvTO places, they having to ford the streams and 
the trip occupying two d.ays. Many a time there 
was nothing in the mail bag, but they made 
it a point to fulfill their contract. Numbers of 
people in that region were then suffering from 
ague, and tlie niail-cairier, after his day's journey, 
frequently was obliged to cut the feed himself for 
his horse. The 'J'ilton boys remained in the em- 
ploj" of Uncle Sara until the fall of 1840. Grand- 
father Tilton spent his last days in Illinois. 

A very important event in the life of our subject 
was his marriage. February 21, 1860, with Miss 
Arminta Shepard, of Fairmont, III., after which 
event they settled on a farm in the vicinity of 
Rossville, Vermilion County, where he dwelt until 
coming to Sumner County, Kan. Upon his arrival 
here he selected a tract of land on the nortiieast 
part of section 1, Oxford Townsliij), from which 
he constructed a comfortable homestead, putting 
up a frame house and other buildings and setting 
out quantities of fruit and shade trees. His chil- 
dren, later, after his decease, erected a modern 
dwelling, but covered in the old room which he 
Lad occupied, ))reserving it intact as he left it. 
He departed this life September 30, 1877. He was 
a stanch defender of Republican iirinciples. and a 
regular supporter of the various churches which 
he attended, although not identifying himself in 
membership with them. Liberal and public-spir- 
ited, kind and charitable, he was a man bearing an 
irreproachable reputation, and was honored ami 
respected b^' all who knew him. 

Mrs. Arminta (Shepard) Tilton was bom Sep- 
tember 27, 1841, and was the daughter of Abra- 
ham Shepard, formerly of Ohio and now deceased. 
To her and her husband were born five children, 
all of whom are living with the exception of a son, 
Fred, who died three weeks prior to the decease 
of his father — Frank was born March 17. 18()2, 
and is now a resident of Kansas Citj-; John L. was 
born August 24, 1864, and is still Irving at the old 
homestead; he completed his studies in the schools 
at Oxford, and then assumed charge of the farm; 
Grace was born September 11, 1860, and Charles 




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A., November 21, 18G8. TI1C3' are at lioiiie vvitlt 
their l)rother. Jolin L. Frank l)elongs to the An- 
cient Order of Cnited Workmen. After tlie ()e- 
eeiiso of lier husband Mrs. Tilton was married to 
J. .1. iJaniels, of Palestine Township, where they 
are now living. 

A view of the homestead of the laic Abel L. 
Tilton is shown elsewhere in this work. 



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HAULK.S IIKNRY SIIAFFKR. The relia- 
„ ble German element uf this countj- has 
'^^^' |)l:iycd no nniraportant pai't in its growth and 
prosperity. The sons of the fatlierland have pene- 
trated to every corner of Kansas, as well as other 
parts of the Great West, and are almost uniformly 
good citizens, well-to do, self-supporting-, and use- 
ful members of the coinniunity. Among the fore- 
most farmers of Ryan Ti)wnslii|) may be mentioned 
Mr. .Shaffer, who, like tin- most of his neighliors, 
commenced at the foot of the ladder, and now oc- 
cupies a leading position in the agricultural dis- 
tricts. 

A native of what was then the Kingdom of West- 
phalia, the subject of this notice was born Decem- 
ber l.'i. 184!(, and was the fifth in a family of six 
children, the offspring of (Jeorge and Elizabeth 
(Lenze) Shaffer, who were also natives of West- 
phalia, where tiicy lived after their marriage until 
Iftr.i. That year the father emigrated ti> America, 
and settled on a farm in Reading County, Pa., 
whither Ills wife als j came in 1 tti)0. There they 
s|)enl the remainder of their lives, t'.ie father de- 
parting hence in \xC>-2, and the mother in 1870. 
Five of their children are now living, one in .South 
America and one in (Jermany, and the ollici- llini' 
in the I'nited States. 

Mr. .ShatTer was but a year old when brought to 
Amerii'a, an<l his parents esteeming the school 
privileges t>f their native land superior to those of 
America, sent him back there when he was six 
years old, and he was tlu)rouglily educated in llic 
German tongue, remaining there si, \ years. When 
leaving school he returned to this countrv. and at 



Philadelphia, being determined to go as a sailor, 
shipped on a merchant vessel as cabin boy for three 
years. At the expiration of this timelhe went .as a 
regular sailor, and was on the lakes for two years. 
Then settling down on /'';;</ ///hh/ he engaged in 
the mercantile business in Ohio. In lMr,8;heset 
out for the West, and located in P.lack Hawk 
County, Iowa, of which he was a resident for three 
years, removing thence to Sioux County, where 
he lived six years. 

In the meantime Mr. Shaffer spent two ye.irs in 
Montana, in the interests of the American Fur 
Company. In 1«77 we lind hiuj al .loplin. Mn., 
where he worked in the lead mines nearly one vear. 
He first struck the soil of Kansas in .I.anuary, 1878, 
taking possession of the laml which constitutes his 
present farm. It was then an uncultivated tr.act. 
ui)on which no improvements whatever had been 
attempted, IJy great perseverance and industry, 
.while at the same time experiencing all the hard- 
ships and didiculties of life in a new country, Mr. 
Shaffer succeeded in opening up a good farm, and 
added to his landed possessions until he is now the 
owner of two hundred and forty acres, thoroughly 
improved and valuable. He put u|). in 1883, as 
fine a residence as the traveler will find in all Ryan 
Township. In addition to raising the crops com- 
mon to this region, he h.as been quite successful as 
a breeder of horses, cattle and swine. When com- 
ing to this place he was empty-handed, liavin" by 
a series of misfortunes lost all that he had earned 
hitherto. Looking upon his surronmlings to day 
it must be admitted that be has labored to excel- 
lent advantage, and he forms a fine illustration of 
the results of unlbigging industry anii |)erscverance. 
Jlr. Shaffer was married. February 'J, 1887, to 
Miss Carrie L., daughter of Leonard P. and Char- 
lotte (Mines) S.iyrs. The parents of .Mrs. .Shaffer 
were natives of New York State, whence they emi- 
grated to Wisconsin in 18IG, and from there came 
lo Kansas thirty years later, settling first in ,\Mami 
County, In 188.i they came to this county, ami 
are now living in Argonia. There were born lo 
them thirteen children, of whom Mrs. SimtTer was 
next to the youngest. Her birth occurred .July 10, 
1870, in Wisconsin. She applietl herself to her 
books during her school days, and is an intelligent. 



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pleasant lady, respected by all who know her. Mr. 
and Mrs. Shaffer are the parents of two children, a 
son and daughter — George Leonard and Catharina. 
Mr. Shaffer, during important elections, supports 
the Democratic party, but at home casts his vote 
for the man whom he considers will best serve local 
interests. He has been five years on the School 
Board of his district, and officiated as Trustee of 
Ryan Township for two terms. The Anti-Horse- 
Thief Association claims him as one of its most 
elticient members. 

An additional feature of interest is a lithographic 
view, on another page of this volume, of Mr. Shaf- 
fer's pleasant home and surroundings. 



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" ERBP:RT BARRETT. A prominent place 
among the businessmen of Oxford, Sumner 
County, is that held b}' the above named 
gentleman, who is the proprietor of a gen- 
eral dry-goods store in that flourishing town, and is 
also the principal organizer of the Bank of Com- 
merce of Oxford, which was opened in April, 1889, 
by the firm of Barrett & Hardy. Mr. Barrett has 
been engaged in the dry -goods business in this place 
since March, 1879, when he bought out an old 
firm, and his aim has ever been to carry the best 
line of goods possible and retain his customers. 
He has built up one of the finest trades in the city, 
and his honorable dealing and manly character 
have won for him the hearty respect of his towns- 
people and those of the adjoining section of coun- 
try. 

Mr. Barrett was born in England, November 2, 
1838. and is a son of M. and Ann (Evans) Bar- 
rett, who came to the United States when he was a 
lad of six years. They settled in Jo Daviess 
County, 111., not far from (ialena, where the mother 
subsequently died; the father is still living in that 
c )unty. Our subject obtained a good High School 
education in his home town, Elizabeth, tmd finished 
his studies in Chicago, being graduated from Bry- 
ant & Stratton's Business College. Me then en- 
gaged in clerking at his home, and after coming to 



3ears of maturity began a general merchandise bus- 
iness there, which he continued until he came to 
this place. His was the fourth place of business in 
Oxford when he began dealing here, and he has not 
only succeeded in his mercantile pursuits, but has 
also accumulated other pro|)erty, and filled posi- 
tions of public importance. 

For some time prior to the opening of his own 
banking institution, Mr. Barrett was Vice-President 
of the Oxford Bank. He has been Townshii) Treas- 
urer and Treasurer of the cit^' schools, and served 
faithfully and ably. He owns some valuable farm 
lands near the city, and his finances are on a substan- 
tial basis enabling him to live in great comfort and 
bestow hospitality abundantly upon friends and 
acquaintances. 

The marriage of our subject was celebrated in 
Elizabeth, 111., October 29, 1869, his chosen com- 
panion being Miss Maria Weir, a young lady of 
intelligence and refinement who has ever been his 
most cherished friend. Mrs. Barrett was born in 
Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Thompson 
Weir, one of the early settlers of ,Io Daviess 
County, 111. The union has resulted in the birth 
of two sons— G. M. and E. T. — both now in Win- 
lield, Col. 



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(« l^iILKES E. BOZMAN. The mercantile in- 
\/yJ/l terests of Argonia find a worthy represen- 
W'^J tative in the person of the subject of this 
notice, who established himself in business at this 
place in 1886, and is enjoying a fair share of pat- 
ron.age. He has seen consiilerable of the great 
West, going when a young man of twenty years to 
California, by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, 
and was engaged at mining in the Golden State for 
a period of nine years, being fairly successful. He 
has l)een a keen observer, .although quiet and self- 
contained, and possesses a good fund of general 
information, being a man with whom an hour m.ay 
always be spent in a pleasant and profitable manner. 
He is held in high esteem in his community', both 
as a man and a citizen. 

A native of Morgan County. Ohio, Mr. Bozman 



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291 



was l)()rn Aiigusl 8, 1k;?1, and tluTo grew to man's 
estate, aeijuiring s'.ieli education as was to l)e ob- 
tained in the common school. After his sojourn on 
the I'aeilic Sloiic, lie returned, in li^Gd, to his native 
Stale, and settling in Muskingum County, engaged 
in farming and stock-raising for about twenty -one 
_\ears, coming then to Kansas. In the meantime, 
in lH(!t. he assumed domestic relations, being mar- 
licd in .lanuary, that year, to Miss Asenath, daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hiatt, the latter being 
natives of Virginia. Mrs. Iliatl departed tliis life 
at her home in Ohio manj' years ago. The father 
of Mrs. Hozman came to Kansas, and is now resid- 
ing on a farm in Reno County. Of his first mar- 
ri.age there were born five children, onlj' three of 
whom are living. Jlrs. Hozman was l)orn in Ohio, 
in January. 1833, to which .State the family had re- 
moved about 1828-29. 

Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Bozman, the eldest of whom a daughter, Frances, 
is the wife of Dr. J. S. I'.aughman, of Argonia. and 
they have two children; Edward married Miss Her- 
tha Hall, nnd they arc living in Argonia; John 
Wilkes married Mis,> Nettie Iletlrick; neither of 
these have children; William T. is unmarried, and 
makes his home with his parents, being a telegraph 
operator for Uie Santa Fe Railroad. Mrs. Rozman 
and her daughter are prominently* connected with 
the Presbyterian Church. 

While a resident of Ohio, Mr. Bozman served 
as a Justice of the Peace for the long period of 
eighteen years in^succession. He was also a mem- 
ber of the School Board there for twenty-one years. 
A stanch Democrat and active in local politics, he 
was as at one time made the candidate of his i)arty 
for the legislature, but was defeated with the bal- 
ance of the ticket. Ills peO|)le were the old-line 
Whigs, with southern proclivities, and later iden- 
tilied themselves with the Democratic party. 

The father of our subject was John Bozman, a na- 
tive of Ohio, who, during the years of his active 
life, was engaged as a stock dealer and grazier, lie 
was first married in his native State to Miss Eliza 
Braily. a native of Virginia, ancl they settled in Mor- 
gan County, where the mother of our subject died 
in 181i>, wlien Wilkes E. was a lad of fourteen. The 
eliler Bozman w.is subsequently married to .I:iiie 



(Wass, andis now deceased, aged eighl-livc years 
old. His wife is also deceased. Of the (irst mar- 
riage there were born four children, all of whom 
are living. Tiie paternal grandfather was Wilkes 
Bozman, a native of Baltimore County, Md., and 
wlio removed to Ohio in IHOH. He served during 
the War of 1812, and assisted at the bombardment 
of Ft. Henry. A prominent and successful man, 
he became an extensive farmer, leaving at his death 
two thousand acres of land in Morgan County, 
Ohio. 



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EDP.AR BTSSELT-, who is the owner and 
occu[)ant of a most e.\cellent farm in Ryan, 
Township, h.as passed through scenes whicli, 
' if well described and furnished in detail 
would make up an account of the most interesting 
description. Amid the graiul and rugged scenery 
of the Rocky .Mountains he has spent much time, 
and that at a period when great bravery and cour- 
age were needed in tliose regions. His first visit 
to Kansas was made in 18.j.j, and his permanent 
residence within the .State dales from 1878. Al- 
though he can scarcely be classed among the pio- 
neer settlers, there are few residents of the count}- 
who realize more fully the development of the sec- 
tion and the changes that have taken place since his 
first visit West. 

The parents of our subject, Roderick and Fannie 
((iaylord) Bissell, were born in Connecticut, were 
there married, and made that State their i)ermanent 
home. The father wivs born in Litchlicld County, 
was a manufacturer and lived until February 10, 
1875. The mother, who has now reacheil the age 
of eighty-six years, is surrounded by all the com- 
forts and luxuries of life in her elegant home in 
Winsted. The family of this worthy couple in- 
cluded six chihlren. four of whom still survive. 

The gentleman whose biogra|)hy will be briefly 
sketched below, is the fourth in the parental family, 
and was born March l.j. 1833, in Litchfiehl County, 
Conn. After having received a common school 
education, he attended the .academy at Torring- 
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knowledge of llie higher Englisli branches, and 
prior to his majoritj' he had also served an appreu- 
tiership at the carpenter's trade. He began life for 
himself upon reaching nian's-estate, and not many 
months thereafter paid his first visit to the West, 
spending several months in roaming about the 
northern part of this State, visiting Ft. Riley, 
Lawrence and Topeka. He next paid a visit to 
Pennsylvania, and then settled down in Ft. Dodge 
for a period of two 3'ears. 

In the winter of 1858-o9. Mr. Bissell joined the 
throng whose cry was "on to Pike's Peak," and 
during the following two 3ears he had the varying 
fortunes of a miner. The mines at that period 
were not supplied, as many are at present, with 
good machinery for drilling and blasting, with 
hoisting works, and the conveniences for separat- 
ing ores, but the work entailed upon the miner was 
all of tlie pick and shovel, and pack-horse descrip- 
tion. The prospect holes were deepened and 
widened by slow degrees, and if the upper stratum 
of rocks was supported at all, it was by the rudest 
arrangement of timbers. The rock was cleared 
away by the hand which had so gallantly wielded 
the pick, or if the dirt was searched, it was panned 
by the same hands, tlie process t^f gaining "pay 
dirt" in either case being irksome and i)rolongf;d. 
Tiie man who was so fortunate as to discover nug- 
gets of value, or even a lead which promised well, 
was in constant danger, as the camps were filled 
with men who, in their thirst for gold, would stop 
at no deecJ which would secure it. Not only was 
it neccessnry for one wlio would win success in the 
gold fields to be keen of observation in his search 
ffir metal, but he must lie equally shrewd in his 
judgment of character, quick-witted and courage- 
ous, and with a large amount of physical endurance. 
In the spring of 1861, Mr. Bissell determined to 
visit a region farther to the northwest, which is 
now comprised vvitliin the bounds of Montana, and 
which, at that date, was an unexplored and almost 
trackless region. The party which he joined 
crossed the Snake River, fifteen miles above old Ft. 
Hall, ferrying the river in tlieir wagon-beds, being 
guided by old Tim (loodell. They stopped where 
Bannock Cily now stands, and there Mr. Bissell 
again began i)rospecting and mining. He was for- 



tunate in his efforts, and the "output' of his two 
months' stay was very satisfactory. He was next 
to be found in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he saw 
and listened to the preaching of the notorious 
Brigham Young. Until 1866, Mr. Bissell remained 
among the mountains, mining and freighting. The 
latter occuiiation was one which required qualifica- 
tions very similar to, one might say]almost identi- 
cal with those of a successful miner, together with 
a skill in managing horses, 'mules or oxen to which 
that of the ordinary four-in-hand driver bears but 
a"slight resemblance. 

The freighter's outfit comj^rises several yoke or 
span of animals, the number varying according to 
the route or the freight'carried, the most frequent 
numbers being from five to thirteen span. These 
are attached to a wagon, behind which other 
wagons are trailed, the number of the "prairie 
schooners also varying. The wagons, or at least a 
portion of them, are supplied with a strong brake, 
which the driver can operate by means of a rope 
when he is on foot. The long-handled skillet, the big 
coffee pot, the tin cups and a few other rude house- 
hold utensils which the freighter uses at mealtime, 
generally form decorations to one of the wagons, 
which contains a supplj- of meal, coffee, bacon and 
lilankets. In croising the mountain passes and 
winding around the precipices, a skillful hand is 
needed to avoid accidents. Particularly is this the 
case upon meeting other outfits in the narrow 
gorges where there is scareel^M'Oom to pass; indeed, 
in many places, it is impossible to do so, and should 
some unlucky chance occasion a meeting here, one 
outfit must be backed out of the way, or lifted by 
bodily strength to one side. To avoid catastrophies, 
bells are used ui)on the animals which warn an ap- 
proaching driver of danger. 

After years spent amid such scenes and experi- 
ences, Mr. liissell returned to his New England 
home for a visit with his family and friends, after 
which he again took up his residence in Iowa, re- 
maining there about six years During tiiat time, 
in 1869, he was united in marriage with Miss Leah 
E. Byerley, a daughter of George and Leah Byerley 
of North Carolina, both of whom are now deceased. 
Mrs. Bissell w.as born in Indiana. She is a member 
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•lonu'Stic virtues and ncquiremciits. She has boriiL' 
her hiisliand one son. .Manncy 1).. wlio lias a i,'oo(l 
I'ouinion-sfhool education. In \S1^, Mr. Hisseli 
removed to Kansas, |)re-ein|)led one hundred and 
sixty acres of land upon which he still lives, and 
which he has placed in fine con<lilion. The entire 
acreage is improveil, perhaps its most notable fea- 
ture biinj;; a fine orchard of two hundreil bearing 
apple trees. It is the intention of iMr. IJissell to 
erect a new dwelling this ^ear, which, when com- 
pleled, will be an added attraction of the estate. 
He is eng.aged in farming, and also raises horses, 
cattle and hogs. 

Mr. Bissell is now Junior Warden of the Masonic 
lodge in Lilian. lie has been Clerk of Ryan 
Township, and a member of the School Board of 
District No. 87. He takes an active interest in 
political issues, is a strong believer in the principles 
advocated by the Democratic party, in support of 
which he always casts his vot •. Not onl^' has he 
the respect of his fellow men, but he has the pleas- 
ure of knowing that other members of his family 
have been honored by those among whom the3' 
have lived. His brother. G. G. Bissell. who died 
in Iowa, was .Judge of the Miners' Court in Mon- 
tana in 1801-62. Another brother, Dr. C. R. Bis- 
sell, now living in Xe^Y York, was .ludge of the 
Miners' Court in Colorado in 1859. 



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::^ IIARI'I-: 1'. G. LKWIS. President of the 
First National Bank of Caldwell, aiu! 
prorainenti}' connected with the growth 
and development of the cit^', was born in 
Bucks County, Pa., June 24, I8I'J, and is a son of 
Reading and Margaret (.shadingcr) Lewis. The 
paternal ancestry arc of English orij^in, the first 
settlements in this country having been made in 
Connecticut. Thomas Lewis, the grandfather of 
our subject, was a native of the same county in 
which he of whom we write first saw the light, and 
Reading Lewis was also born in that county. The 
latter was l)orn about 1821, and lived in Pennsyl- 
vania until 187:3 when he removed to Newton, 




Kan., whence ten years later he removed to Cald- 
well, in which city his death took place in. January, 
1888. He was a grailuate of Jefferson Medical 
College at Philadelphia and devoted most of his 
life to the practice of the medical profession. He 
was in easy financial circumstances. For many 
years before his death he was a member of the 
Friends' Church. His wife was born in Bucks 
County, Pa., about 1827 and departed this life in 
1 862. She was of German ancestry, her forefathers 
having been among the first settlers of the county 
in which she was born. 

Our subject is the eldest in a family of four 
children, was reared in Bucks anil Montgomer)' 
Counties, Pa., and was the recipient of excellent 
educational advantages, as well as the best of home 
training. He acipdrcd an academic eilucation and 
in quite early life taught school. In 1872 he went 
to Macon County, III., and was engaged in teach- 
ing, and in carrying on the mercantile business and 
buying grain at Argenta until 1878. He then fol- 
lowed his father to Newton, Kan., and the next 
year took up his abode in Caldwell where he has 
since resided. In Pennsylvania and at Newton he 
read law, and in the latter place was admitted to 
the bar and i)racticed his profession, and in con- 
nection therewith carried on a loaning business. 
In 1881 he, with others, organized and put into 
running order the Caldwell Savings Bank and was 
male Vice-President of the institution, but in the 

1 following year became President, continuing in 
that capacity until 1887. when the bank was re- 
organized as the First National Bank of Caldwell, 
Kan. He has since served as President of the new 
institution and he is also extensively' engaged in 
the real-estate Jind money-loaning business. He 
started in life without a dollar, and has made all 
he now possesses since he came to Kans.as. 

The marriage of Mr. Lewis was celebrated at 
Argenta, III., in 187."), his bride being Miss Mary 
A., daughter of Nathanial Grirtin. and a native of 
Champaign County, III. The estimalile and intel- 
ligent lady has borne her husband six children: 
Anna, Edna. Ralph, Eugene, Francis, and Ernest. 
Anna and Francis have been removed from their 
|)areiils by death. .Mr. Lewis belongs to the social 

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and the Knights of Pythias. He is a stanch sup- 
[)orter of the Republican p.irty. A man of more 
thai! oiflinai'v intelligence and fine business qualifi- 
cations, honorable in his dealing with mankind and 
exerting all his influence for the advancement of 
the materia! and moral interests of the cit}' and 
vicinity, Mr. Lewis is regarded with respect by the 
citizens of Caldwell and wherever he is known. 



kiS. OSES GUM. Among the younger fan 
//' iW of Morris Township, none ."i.re more des 
/// II' ing of special mention tlian he with wi 



irmers 
leserv- 
whose 

* name we initiate this sketch. He is well 

fixed. financiall\-, being the owner of a fine bod}- 
of land, thoroughly iin|)roved. with a nent modern 
residence, a good barn, substantial outbuildings 
and the other appliances of the model country 
estate. Soeiall}' and morally-, as well as financially, 
Mr. Gum occupies an enviable position, being 
looked up to in his community as one of whom 
even better things may be expected in the future. 
His farming operations include the raising of the 
ordinar}' crops of Southern Kansas. He is also 
successful as a breeder of cattle, horses and swine. 
He takes an active interest in politics and is a Re- 
publican, "djed in the wool" from his birth. His 
sentiments in reganl to the temperance question 
are best illustrated in his own habits of total 
abstinence. 

The fifth child in a family of seven born to Amos 
and Rebecca (.Johnson) Gum, the subject of this 
sketch first opened his eyes to the light in Nortli- 
ampton County, Pa., .Septemlier 2, 18.54. Amos 
Gum, a native of Pennsylvania, was a miller b}- 
trade, but si>ent the latter years of his life in farm- 
ing pursuits. His wife, Rebecca, was a native of 
his own State and after marriage thev resided there 
until late in the year 1854 when they emigrated to 
Wisconsin. They were residents of the Badger 
State eleven years, removing thence, in 1865, to 
Iowa. In 1880 they went North to Dakota, settling 
in Hanson County, where they still remain. Amos 
Gum is now seventy-one years old and his wife, 



Rebecca, seventj'-three. There were born to them 
seven children, four of whom are living, the three 
besides our subject being residents of Nebraska 
and Kansas. 

Mr. Gum received his schooling in AVisconsin 
and Iowa and when a young man of twenty years 
began farming on his own account. He came to 
Kansas from Iowa in 1878 and took up a claim on 
section 35, ^lorris Township, this county, where he 
has since made bis headquarters. When ready to 
establish domestic ties he was married March 24, 
1881 to Mrs. Mary H. (Pope) Manela. This lady 
is the daughter of T. J. Pope, of Kansas, and who 
was born May 7, 1850, in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. 
(Tura are the parents of two interesting children: 
Loyette, born .July 24, 1882, and John Hoj', 
now three years old. Mrs. Gum is a member 
in good standing of the Missionary Baptist 
Ciiurcli. Mr. Gum belongs to the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd Fellows at Jlilan and is a 
warm defender of the principles of the order. He 
is also connected with the Farmers' Alliance. For 
three years i)ast he has been a member of the 
school board of District No. 14G, aud for two terms 
has served .as Treasurer of Morris Townshij). He 
was also Road Overseer for the same length of 
time. 

Tlic farm of Mr. (tuui with its line improve- 
ments is tlie result of his own energy and industry. 
The homestead embraces three hundred and twenty 
acres while he has sixty acres on section 12. The 
whole is improved and in a highly productive con- 
dition. His residence was erected in 1884 at a cost 
of $1,000. Mr. Gum lias an orchard of two hun- 
dred and fifty api)le trees and the same number of 
peach trees, together with the smaller fruits. It 
will thus be seen that he has aided largely in ad- 
vancing the material interests of this township. 



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ILLIAM E. COX, Justice of the Peace at 
A\a//' Wellington, is of Southern antecedents, 
possessing marked traitsof character, trans- 
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native jilacc was in Krankfort, Franklin County, 
Kv.. and tlie date of iiis birth Marc-li 17, 1842. 
His fatlicr, Austin 1'. CV).\, was born in Shelby 
County, tliat Slate. Ilis paternal grandfather re- 
moved from \'ir<;inia to the lilue (Irass region.s at 
an early day and carried on fanning suceessfully 
in Shelby County where he spent his last years. 

Austin 1'. Cox when a young man commenced 
the study of law. going for this purpose to Frank- 
fort about 180G-07. Upon the present site of that 
city there was then only a fort with a few settlers 
nround it. The young barrister attained success 
and built up quite an exlen.«iive practice in the 
Couit of Claims. He was President of the Board 
of Internal Improvements and otherwise a promi- 
nent man in his coniraunily. About 1859 he was 
appointed by the Governor as one of the commis- 
sion to (Stablish the SUite line between Kentucky 
and Tennessee. While in the pursuance of his duties 
he was subjected to much exposure and contracted 
a violent cold from the effects of which lie died at 
his home July 20, 1861. 

Mrs. Rebecca L. (Pliillips) Cox, the inctiicr of 
our subject was likewise a native of Kentucky and 
the daughter of William .1. Phillips who was born 
in Maryland. Orandfalher Pliillips left his native 
•State during the pioneer days of Kentucky and 
there spent his last j-ears. There were born to the 
parents of our subject twelve children, viz: Eliza- 
beth F.. Sarah M.. Charlotte L.. Rebecca A.. Laura 
S., Mary P.. William E., W.-dlace 11.. Josephine C, 
Philip M.. John C. and Willis T. 

William E. Cox was reared and educated in his 
native county completing his studies in .S.nj-ers 
Academy. His business experience began as a 
clerk in the Stite Auditor's olHce and later he was 
employed in the office of the Adjutant (ieneral. He 
wa.s thus occupied until in February. 18()8, when he 
started for the West. Coming to Kansas he took 
up his abode in Mojitgomery County where he so- 
journed until the fall of IHO'.t. He then !«tarted 
out to explore the western p.irt of the Stale, visit- 
ing Sumner County in his travels, in company with 
two others. This county was not then organized 
and it was principally [K-opleii by wild animals and 
Indians. HutTaloes were still plentiful ami fi-e- 
quently roamed over the ground ii|)un which stands 



the present llouri.shing city of Wellington. Mr. 
Cox spent three or four months traveling through 
this section and then returned to Montgomery- 
County, where he remained until thespringof 1871. 
He then came back to this county and located in 
Sumner City in time to witness the contest for the 
county seat. When the question was decided in 
favor of Wellington he came to this point and 
here has invested his lalior and his capital. When 
first coming to Sumner Countj- the Government 
surve}' had not been nnde and every foot of land 
was owned by Uncle .Sam. Later it was sold at 
$1.2.") per acri'. .Mr. Cox has viewed with warm 
interest the growth and development of his adopted 
State and as far .as he could has assisted in advanc- 
ing the prosperity of Sumner Count}-. 

The marriage of William K. Cox and Miss Mary 
U. Evans was celebrated at the bride's home in the 
city of Wellington in 187.3. Mrs. Cox was born in 
Penton County. Iowa. .lune 10, 1819, and is the 
daughter of .ludgc Elijah and Amazetta H. (For- 
sylhe) Evans. Her parents were natives of Indiana 
an<l sjient their last years in Kans.as. To Mr. and 
Mrs Cox there have been born five children, viz: 
Helen, Nettie. Keilh. Amazette and William E. 
Mr. and Jlrs. Cox are members in good standingof 
the Methoilisl Episcopal Church and Mr. Cox 
votes the straight Republican ticket. He keeps 
himself posted u|>on the current events of the d.'iy 
— the political as well as the social questions — and 
is idenli!!ed with Lodge No. 24, A. G U. W. at 
Wellington. 



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OIIN H. WENUELL, proprietoi of the .Star 
Livery barns at Caldwell, is numbered 
among the leading men of the city — a man 
enterprising and successful, and a general 
favorite, both in social and business circles. His 
native place was .\danis County. III., and the date 
of his birth October 18. 18.57. His parents were 
.lolin 11. and Annie C. (Kruse) Wendell, who were 
natives respectivel}- of Missouri and (Jermaii}-. 

The Wendell family came to Kans.ns about 18<)7. 
John IL. Sr.. operated the most of his life as n mer- 



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chant and hotel man and was successful in accu- 
mulating a comfortable property. In his religious 
belief he conformed to the doctrines of the Catho- 
lic Church. The seven children of the parental 
household included five sons and two daughters, of 
whom .Tohn IL, .Jr., was the fourth child, lie was 
a lad of ten j-cars when the family left Illinois and 
came to Kansas and lived with his parents at Neo- 
sha until 1868. That year he went into Butler 
County and in 1872 came to Caldwell, where he so- 
journed until 1880. He then went to Colorado, 
but in 1881, returned to Caldwell of which he has 
since been a continuous resident. He has been 
quite extensively engaged as a dealer in live stock, 
and as a trader is eminently a success. For sev- 
eral years he had the management of the stock- 
yards in the interest.s of the Atchison, Topeka &: 
Santa Fc Railroad at Caldwell. He established 
himself in the livery business in 188G, which he 
has since successfully conducted. He is a sound 
Republican, politically, and holds an honorable 
memliership with the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. 

Mr. Wendell was married October 18, 1883, in 
Caldwell, to Miss Lucy D., daughter of Jasper C. 
Manee. The mother of Mrs. Wendell bore the 
maiden name of Jessie E. Denton; her parents we, e 
natives of New York. The father is living in Falls 
Township and the mother is deceased. Two 
daughters, Bessie and Ethel, have been born of this 
union, the former April 10. 1884. and the latter 
October 8, 1885. 



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1- OIIN B. BROWN BACK. Among the many 
prosperous farmers of Falls Township, none 
occupy a higher position, socially and finan- 
l^^jli cially, than he with whose name we initiate 
this sketch. He commenced the battle of life at an 
early age on his own account, and without receiv- 
ing an3' financial assistance, has, b}' a course of 
unflagging industry, and the practice of a wise 
economy, become independent. He is still in the 
prime of life, having been born April 8, 1842. and 



is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, of which 
his parents, Henry and Rebecca (Niece) Brown- 
back, were early pioneers. 

Henry Brownback was born in Pennsylvania, in 
1810, and after emigrating to Ohio lived in Pick- 
awy County until 1852. Then, pushing on further 
Westward to Illinois, he located in Shelby' County, 
that .State, where he still resides. He learned cab- 
inet-making when a young man, but later abandoned 
it for the more congenial pursuits of farm life. He 
has been for many years an active member of the 
United Brethren Church, and is a citizen in good 
repute, greatly respected in his eommunitj-. His 
father, Benjamin Brownback, was likewise a native 
of the Keystone State, and traced his ancestry to 
German3^ The mother of our subject was also a 
native of Pennsylvania, and born about 1814; she • 
departed this life in Shelby County, 111., in 1887. 

To Henry and Rebecca Brownback there was 
born a family of eight children, whom they named 
respectively — Edward, Elizabeth, John B., William 
II., David, Jacob, Sophia and Joseph. Seven of 
these are living, making their homes in Illinois, ex- 
cepting our .subject, and Jacob, who lives in this 
State. John B., the third child, spent his earl}- 
years on the farm in Shelby Count}-, 111., pursuing 
his studies in the district school. During the prog- 
ress of the Civil War, he, earl}- in 1862, enlisted as 
a Inion soldier in Company C. Thirty-fifth Illinois 
Infantry, and served after the close of the war un- 
til September, 1865, receiving then his honorable 
discharge at Indianapolis, Ind. He experienced 
all the hardships and privations of life in the army, 
and participated in the following hard fought bat- 
tles: Perry ville. Stone River, Chickamauga, Mis- 
sion.ary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Kenesaw 
Blountain, and was at the siege of Atlanta, and in 
all the battles of the Georgia campaign. Subse- 
quently his command operated in Tennessee under 
the leadership of Gen. Thomas, taking part in the 
battles of Franklin and Nashville. 

After leaving the army Mr. .Brownback contin- 
ued a resident of Illinois until 1874. That year, 
crossing the Father of Waters, he came to Sedgwick 
County, this State, and took up a claim in what is 
now Downs Township, upon which he lived three 
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lund on sections 1 7 and 18, Falls Township, tiiis 
fonnty, anil pro.sec'uloil farming tliore until 1!S8.3. 
That year he removed to Coiliin. where he pur- 
chased lanil, and lie also owns a farm on section 5, 
Falls Township. His landed possessions altogether 
embrace three hniidred and ninety broad acres, 
llioronghly improved and cqnippeil with suitable 
buildings. Stock-raising enters largely into his 
operations, and he is also engaged (juite extensively 
in buying grain at Corbin. 

Since the organization of the First National 
Bank at Caldwell, Mr. Hruwnback h:us been one of 
its Directors. He uniformly votes the Republican 
ticket, and h.as held some of the minor odiccs. He 
has little ambition for [lolitical preferment, finding 
more satisfaction in the peaceful pursuits of farm 
life. He is a memlier in good standing of tiie (i. 
A. R. Post, Xo. 470. at Corbin. 

One of the most inii)ortant and interesting events 
in the life of our subject was his marriage with 
-Miss Nancy E. Liston. which was cclelirated at the 
bride's home, at Tower Hill, III., October 12. IHOC. 
This lady was born in (lay County. Ind.. Septem- 
ber 13. 1X4.J. .•uid is the daughter of I'erry and 
Mary A. (Riley) Liston. natives of Indiana. The 
eight children born of this union are named re- 
spectively — Perry, William. Flora, FHie F., Charles. 
Bertha. .Jessie and Ettic. They are all living, and 
form a very briglit and interesting family group, 
making their home with their parents. 

A lithographic view of Mr. Brownback's resi- 
dence is presented in connection with this sketch. 






^ AJIl FL C. BARTLFTT. The solid ele- 
ment of the township of .lackson recog- 
nizes no more worthy citizen than .Mr. 
Bartlett — a life-long fanner of more than 
ordinarily gooil judgment, and one who has been 
very successful. He comes of substantial New 
Fnglanil slock and was born in Guilford, New 
Haven County, Conn , .March 4, 1844. 

'I'he immediate progenitor of the subject of this 
sketch was .lohn Bartlett, likewise a native of <iuil 




ford, Conn., and the son of .Samuel Bartlett, who 
was born in the same town. The father of the lat- 
ter was .lohn Baitlctt, who was a farmer by occu- 
pation, and as far as is known, spent his (entire life 
in (uiilford. Samnel Barllelt likewise followed in 
the footsteps of his father, spending his entire life 
in his native place. His son, .John, the father of 
our subject, was reared in Guilford and was there 
married. He obtained a good education and langht 
school when a young man, but aside from this oc- 
cupied himself .as a farmer. His entire life was 
spent at the homestead of his birth. 

Mrs. Lodoiska (Coan) Bartlett, the mother of 
our subject, was born in New Haven County, Conn., 
and was the daughter of .Josiah Coan, a native of 
the same count3\ and a carpenter by trade, who 
also followed fainiiug. Mrs. Bartlett died in 18.j1, 
when her si>n, .Samuel C, was a lad of seven years. 
He was wholly orphancid by the death of his father, 
which took iilaco in l.s(!4. He resnaincd a resident 
of his native connly until the death of his father, 
then emigrated to Illinois and secured emploj'ment 
on a farm near <^niney. He sojourned there three 
years, then went into Pike County, Mo., where he 
secured land an<l prosecuted farming until 1875. 
Then selling out he started with a team for Texas, 
intending to settle there; he visiting Denison, Sher- 
man. Dallas, and various other counties in the 
luirthern [lart of the State. Not being suiteil with 
the country he turned his horses' heads northward, 
riding up through the Imlian Territory into Sum- 
ner Count}', this State. 

Upon his arrival in Kansas Mr. Bartlett entered 
a tract of Government land — that which constitutes 
his present farm, and com|)rising the northwest 
corner of section 8, .Jackson Township. At that 
time the small village of Wichita — forty miles dis- 
t.ant — was the nearest railroail depot, ami the near- 
est market for grain and stock. Oidy a few miles 
west deer and buffalo were plentiful, roaming un- 
disturbed over the prairies and through the wood- 
lands. Mr. Bartlett (wssessed the elements most 
needed to battle with the ditliculties and dangers 
of frontier life, and |)rocec(le<I with the improve- 
ment of his property, being greatly prospere<l. 
He brought the soil to a good state of cultivation, 
creeled a fine set of frame buil.lings, and ad<led to 



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Ills landed possessions until be is now the owner of 
three hundred and sixty broad acres, all in one 
tract and well-improved. As a member of the 
community he stands second to none in Jackson 
Township. His estimable wife, to whom he was 
married in Pike County, Mo., Octobers, 186S, was 
formerly Miss Mary C. Wheeler, a native of Cass 
County, Mo. The parents of Mrs. Bartlett were 
Kduiund and Barbara A. (Robinson) Wheeler, na- 
tives of Kentucky, Ijut now deceased. To Mr. and 
Mis. Bartlett there have been born seven children, 
five now living, namely: Walter Edward, Lavina, 
Pearl, Samuel and Krnest. Charles Sumner, the 
third in order of birth, and an infant unnamed, 
are deceased. 

In connection with this sketch of Mr. Bartlett 
may be found on another page of this work a lith- 
ographic view of his homestead. 



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^^ AMUEI., BAIN. Tliey who looked uyiow 
Kansas during the days of its early settle- 
j) ment witnessed scenes which in all proba- 
l)ility will never be repeated here. It re- 
((uired more than ordinary courage and persistence 
f(^r a man to maintain his position during the years 
when this part of the West was visited by various 
calamities, and when those men who then settled 
here were b}' no means in affluent circumstances. 
Mr. Bain, like his brother pioneers, came here poor 
in parse, but nature had endowed him with a large 
amount of resolution and perseverance, and he held 
to his first purpose of building up a homestead, in 
which he finally succeeded. He has brought his 
land to a good state of cultivation and realizes 
therefrom a comfortable income. He cares little 
for parade or show, and is content to dwell amid 
modest surroundings, his chief ambition being to 
live at peace among his neighbors, keep clear of 
debt and do good as he has opportunity. 

The farm of Mr. Bain is pleasantly located on 
section 8, Avon 'J'ownship, to which he came in 
1872, and where he has since lived with the excep- 
tion of two years spent in California, He was born 




in Jefferson County, Ind., August 20, 1823, and re- 
moved with his parents to Miami County, Ind., 
when a lad of twelve years. There he developed 
into manhood, obtaining a practical education in 
the district school and becoming familiar with the 
various pursuits of farm life. He also learned the 
trade of a carpenter. He remained a resident of 
Miami County until 1856, and then, a young man 
of thirty-three jears, started out for himself, and 
going into Monroe County, Iowa, purchased a farm 
and engaged in its cultivation and improvement 
until 1872. 

In tbe fall of the year above mentioned, Mr. 
Bain came with his famih* to this county, and with 
his children pre-empted a section of land including 
the north half of section 8, and the south half of 
section 5. He gave to the former his chief atten- 
tion, making of it his homestea<l. He has not been 
wholly absorbed in his own personal interests, but 
has taken time to look after the school of his dis- 
trict, ofliciating as Trustee, and giving his support 
and encouragement to the various other enterprises 
calculated for the advancement of the people. He 
served as County Commissioner three terms, and 
has held the office of Justice of the Peace, under 
ajiijointments by Govs. Osborne and filick, and 
one term by election. The Republican party lias 
received his uniform support since he became a 
voting citizen. He takes an active part in politics, 
and keeps himself well posted upon current events. 

In October, 1887, Mr. Bain went to California, 
where he sjient nearly two years. After the out- 
break of the Civil War, he felt called upon to 
proffer iiis assistance in the preservation of the 
Union, and in February, 1862, enlisted in Com|)aiy 
A. Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, serving two 3ears. 
In the meantime, he officiated as t^uartermaster 
Sergeant about ten months. He was married in 
Miami f-ountj-, Ind., August .30, 1H40, to Miss 
Experience Busick. Mrs. Bain was born in Pick- 
away County. Ohio. February 0, 1829, and is ihe 
daugiiter of Hezekiah and Matilda (Hazel) Busick, 
who were natives respectively of Ohio and Ken 
tucky, and are now deceased. Of tliis union there 
were born four children: William E., who chose 
the occupation of a farmer, married INIiss Mattie 
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ary '), 18S4; Rlaj^rgie i.-^ Ilic wife of William H. 
rit'ice of California; Saiali L. inanii'il .laini'S .lor- 
(loii and thi'v live on a farm in Caldwi-ll Township; 
Nancy .1. is tlu' wifo of Amlrow II. Swan, a farmer 
of Wellin<i;ton Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hain have 
lie?n consistent menilier.s of the rresliyteri.'in 
C'liurcli for the lon<f period of tliirty-flve years. 

'I'hc father of our suliject was William Bain, a 
native of Xorth Carolina, who married Miss Mar- 
garet .lamcson, of (iarrett Connty. Ky. They emi- 
grateil to Miami County. Ind., during its pioneer 
days, and there spent the remainder of their lives. 
Their faniilv consisted of nine children. 



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l/ILLIA.M MVKU.^. This gentleman is a 
prominent resident (.if Wellington and the 
WW fortunate jjosscssor of sudicient of this 
world's good.s to enable him to spend his years in 
comfort retired fiom active business pursuits. He 
was at one time the possessor of considerable land 
near this place, and good judgment was displayed 
by him in selling at an opportune time, so realiz- 
ing a decided advance on the first cost of his prop- 
ei't}'. He possesses li.ie business ability and ranks 
among the honoiablc and reliable citizens of this 
comiminity. 

George Myers, the grandfather of our subject, 
was of (ierman ancestry and himself a native of 
Pennsylvania. He owned a lai'ge tract of land in 
York County, where he carried on farming oper.a- 
lions extensively and where he departed this life. 
He was the father of three sons, one of whom died 
young. while another went West in an early <iny. His 
third son, llenr}', was born in York, York County. 
Pa., and having ncquiretl the traile of a carpenter 
at the age of twenty-one became a contractor and 
builder in Carlisle. After an active life of forty 
years from that date he retired from business and 
spent the remainder of his life enjoying the fruit.s 
of his labors. At the age of eighty -five j-ears he 
was gathered to his fathers, the date of his decease 
being December "2. I8,S3. He had married Miss 
Anna McFadclen. who «as likewise a native ff York 



County, and who also died in Carlisle, the date of 
the sad event being March t, ISC,;!. 

The parental faniil\ compiised ten children, all of 
whom reached years of maturity: Kmeline married 
Williani .Skiles and after his death married Maj. 
A. A. Line, and now resides in Carlisle, I'a. ; Susan 
married .loseph Gutshall. of Carlisle, and died in 
Cnlifornin, March :!0, 18,')1: TJeorge W. went to 
Califiunia in 18 111, ami finally settled in Boi.se City, 
Idaho, whi're he died on the 19th of October. 1870: 
Henry was also a " ' liler" and his death took place 
«l Soda Springs. Idaho. October 21. 1871; .John 
died in Carlisle, November 24, 1875; Henrietta be- 
came the wife of Samuel H. (Jould :uid lives in 
Carlisle; in that |)lace Luther M. al.so resi<les. ,So 
also does Anna, who married .loseph W. Ogleby; 
Louesia married Samuel A. l?runb:uigh. of Ilar- 
rislnirg, Pa., and they live in Beloit, Wis. 

William Mj'ers, of whom we write, is a native of 
Pennsylvania, having been born In Carlisle. Cuni- 
Ixrland County. A|>ril 20. 1812, He was reared 
and educated in the place of his nativity, an<l while 
in his teens began to learn the trade of a carpenter 
and worked at the .'aine with his father until of 
ago. He then engaged in the service of the I'nitcd 
States as a clerk in tho •Quartermaster's depart- 
ment at Nashville, Tenn.. and remained there for 
three years under Charles II. Irvine. After the 
close of the war he returned to his home and in 
March, 18150, went to Bloomington, 111., where he 
accepted a position as clerk in the station of the 
Chicago it Alton Railroad, .\fter serving in a 
clerical cap.acity live years, he w.as appointed sta- 
tion agent and occupied that position eight years. 

In 1879. on account of the ill health of his wife, 
Mr. Myers resigned his position in Bloomington 
anil came here, arriving on the Prst train that ever 
brought passengers to this city. He had previously 
visited this section and had bought one hundivd 
and sixty .icres of land adjoining the to»vn. Ini- 
mediately following his removal here he built a 
comfort^ible dwelling and began improving his 
land, which he operated until 188(1. In the spring 
of 1880. he accepted the agency of the .Southern 
Kansas Railroad, and fipened the station for this 
line on the 30tli of March, of that year. He re- 
tained the position of station agent during the sue- 



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ceeding seven years ami then resigned, having 
reached that degree of financial prosperitj- which 
enabled him to retire from active pursuits. The 
previous year he had sold one hundred and fifty 
acres of land for nearl\' 823.000. and now owns 
sixteen acres, upon which he resides and which 
forms a beautiful home. 

The marriage of 'Sir. Myers took i)lace July 3, 
1867, his bride being Mrs. Martha B. Carpenter, a 
native of Rochester, N. Y. Her father, AVilliam 
Cook, was born in Plymouth, England, and was 
the son of another William, also a native of the 
Mother Country, w-lio came to Canada with his 
family and settled in Kingston, where he died. 
AVilliam Cook, Jr., was reared and married in 
Halifax. Nova Scotia, and after his marriage re- 
sided in the Island of Cape Breton for some years. 
He then came to the United States and engaged in 
mercantile pursuits in Rochester. X. Y., for a time, 
whence he removed to Oberliu, Ohio, and there 
managed a college boarding house for a short per- 
iod. His next removal was to Columbus, Ohio, 
in which place he was employed as a book-keeper 
by a hardware firm until his death, which occurred 
when he was forty-four years old, on the 30th of 
Jul}-, 1849. His widow continued to reside in that 
cit}' until 185fi, when she removed to Bloomington, 
111. 

The maiden name of Mrs. Myers' mother was 
Mary M. Adams; she was born in Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, and was the only child of Thomas Adams, 
and a direct descendant of Henry Adams who em- 
grated from England about the year 1640 and was 
a pioneer of Braintree, Mass. Thomas Adams was 
a nephew of John Adams, the second President of 
the United States. He was a ship builder and fol- 
lowed his trade in Halifax and Cape Breton, and 
after her marriage made his home with his daugh- 
ter, departing this life at her residence in Columbus, 
Ohio. His wife was of German ancestry and bore 
the name of Amelia Sophia Cobright. William 
and Marj' Cook, parents of Mrs. Myers, reared a 
family of eleven children, named, respectively. 
William P., Mary, Amelia. Thomas, Richard, Wal- 
ter, Alexander, Ellen, Martha. Charles and Samuel. 

Mrs. Myers w.as first married in Bloomington . 
111., in 1859, being united to Erastus S, Carpenter. 




who was born in Rochester, N. Y., and followed 
the primer's trade. Mr. Carpenter departed this 
life in .lanuary, 1865, in the citj- in which his mar- 
riage had taken place, leaving one son. Edwin L., 
who now enjoys a lucrative position with the Rio 
Grande AVestern Coal Company. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Myers one son has been born, William II., who is 
now a student in Spaulding's Commercial College, 
Kansas Cit}', Mo. 

Mr. M3'ers is a member of Wade Bonne}' Post, 
No. 512, and the A.F. & A. M.,of Bloomington. He 
was one of the organizers of the State National 
Bank and was its first Vice President. 



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lkJi^ OSES R. JACKSON, who is eng.aged in 
cornice manufacturing in Wellington, was 
born in Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, 
August 8. 1883. His father. -John Jack- 
son, was born in Pennsylvania, and so also was his 
grandfather, Eben Jackson. The traditional his- 
tor}' of the family lineage, is that the}- are de- 
scended from five brothers who came to America 
at an early period in the settlement of the colonies. 
The grandfather of our subject removed from East- 
ern to Western Pennsylvania, at the time of the 
first settlement in that part of the State, and located 
in the wilderness thirty miles from any white fam- 
il}', taking up Government land. He built a saw- 
mill and engaged in the lumber business, and rafted 
the first lumber ever floated down the Mononga- 
hela River to Pittsburg. In 1808 he removed to 
Ohio, making the triji on a raft down the IMonon- 
gahela and Ohio Rivers. He settled on the present 
site of Cincinnati, in what was then a wilderness, 
and subsequently took a tract of timber land twenty 
miles distant, where he remained. A part of this 
land is now owned and occupied by his san, Ethan 
Jackson, and the town of Harrison occupies another 
portion of it. Ethan Jackson and his sons estab- 
lished a pottery which the}' conducted for some 
years, and in that place the old gentleman and his 
wife departed this life. Mrs. Jackson was a na- 
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of Nancy McLean. Four children were reared to 
years of maturity — Neal, .Tohu, Daniel, and Klhan. 

The father of our subject was a younj,' lad when 
his father moved to Ohio. lie learned the trade of 
a potter in Cincinnati, and was interested with his 
father and brotlicrs ui establisiiing the i)otlery, and 
prosecuted his trade nearly forty years. He resiiled 
in Harrison until 18fiH, when he removed to Liv- 
ingston Countj', III., where he died late in the year 
187'2. his remains being taken back to Harrison for 
burial. I lis wife was born in Trenton. N. Y., and 
bore the maiden name of Uuth Ann Riggs. She 
died in Harrison in 1863, after having reared six 
children — our subject, Ethan. Isaac, Sarah .J., .(ohn 
and Ruth Ann. 

Moses Riggs, the father of Mrs. John Jackson, 
was a native of New Jersey, from which Slate he 
removed to Harrison, Ohio, and later to Pike 
County. III., whore his death occurred. He was a 
n)ill Wright and miller. Pesides his daughter Ruth, 
ho had tiiree other children. His onl\- son, Cyrus. 
died in Franklin County, Ind.; Rlioda married 
John Durand. and is now living in Pitlsfiold. Pike 
County. III.; Emma marrieil Alva Shaw, and they 
crossed the plains and settled in Oregon in 1846. 
being among the first whites to settle there; Mr. 
Shaw look the first sheep to the Territorv. 

The subject of this sketch was reared and educa- 
ted in Harrison, and while a youth, in the intorv.Tis 
of stuily, assisted in the i)Oltcry. His fatiier had a 
tin shop in connection with that establishment, and 
in 18-10. young Jackson entered the shop and 
learned the tinner's trade, which he subsequently 
followed until July, 1X62. He then took up arms 
in defense of the Thion, becoming a member of 
Company 15, Ninety si.xth Ohio Infiuitry, in which 
he served tin ee years, when ho was discharged on 
account of the expiration of his service. He next 
engaged in farming on the estate of his father-in- 
law, and continued thus employed until 186C, 
when he located in Fairbury. III., and there fol- 
lowed his trade for twelve months. At the expira- 
tion of that time he opened a shop in Chatsworlh, 
in partnership with his brother Ethan, the connec- 
tion continuing until 1873, when he sold, and a 
short lime after located in Wichita. Kan., which w.is 
then a citv of about two thousand inhabitants, and 



the western terminus of the railroad. In that city 
he continued his trade as foreman of a shop until 
1881. when he came to this place, where he filled a 
similar position for four and a half j-ears, after 
which he established himself in the business which 
he is now conducting. He has a thorough knowl- 
edge of his tr.ade, and turns out excellent work, and 
in every relation of life dispi.ays an honorable char- 
acter. 

In Miss Phoebe, daughter of Moses and Phcebe 
Marsh, Mr. .lacksijn discovered the qualities which 
he desired in a life com|)anion, and with her he was 
united in marriage in 1857. The bride was born 
in Putler County. Ohio, and like her husband, is a 
worthy member of the Brethren Church. Their 
happy union h.is resulted in the birth of three chil- 
dren — E. Edwin, George J., and John. 



— M^=^<:S^H-f- 



EKOME W. KENDRICK, an early pioneer 
of Sumner Countj', preempted in 1876, the 
northwest quarter of section 22, in what is 
now Jackson Township, .and taking up his 
abode thereon, has continued to live there. He 
.settled uiton a tr.act of wild prairie at a time wheii 
the country around him presented a desolate appear- 
ance, inhabited [irincipally by wild animals. There 
was not a railroad station nearer than Wichita, and 
the present nourishing city of Wellington was a 
handet containing only a few hundred people. The 
transformation which Iuls taken place during the in- 
tervening years has boon watched by Mr. Kendrick 
with the warmest interest, while he has contriluiteil 
bv his own labors to bring about the great c-hangc 
which, within a period of twenty five years has 
passed over the face of 'he Sunfiowor State. 

A n.ativc of Butler Crovc Township, Montgom- 
ery County, III., the subject of this notice was born 
February 11, ItSll, and is the son of the Rcv..lohn 
C. and Rebecca (Ware) Kendrick, both natives of 
New Hampshire. The parents were reared ami 
married in the old (iranite .Stale, and about 183(1 
emigrated to Illinois, locating in the wilds of .Mont- 
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with teams before the days of stages or liotels, and 
the travelers carried with them their beds and pro- 
visions, camping and cooking, and sleeping by the 
wayside. The Kendrick family first settled in what 
is now Butler Township, but only remained tiiere 
a short time, the father later entering a tract of 
Government land in what is now Fillmore Town- 
ship. This land was all prairie, and no railroad was 
built through that region for many years there- 
after. The nearest market was at St. Louis, sixty- 
five miles distant, and from three to five days were 
employed in making the round trip. 

The elder Kendrick improved fort}' acres of land 
upon which lie lived a number of years, then selling 
out, returned to Butler Grore Township, and pur- 
chased one hundred and twenty acres where he 
made his home until his deatli, which occurred 
about 1HC8. His wife, Rebecca, was the daughter 
of Benjamin Ware, who spent his last years in 
New Hampshire; she passed away in 18.56, twelve 
years prior to the decease of her husband. Their 
family consisted of nine children. John C. Ken- 
drick united with tlie Methodist Episcopal Church 
in liis j-outh, and began preaching, becoming a 
member of the Conference. After his removal to 
Illinois he traveled the circuit as a local preacher, 
receiving little or no remuneration for his services. 

The subject of this sketch attended the pioneer 
schools of Montgomery County, 111., which were 
mostl}' conducted duiing the winter season, and as 
soon as old enough he was required to make him- 
self useful about the farm. On account of the ill 
health of his father, he at the age of fifteen, assumed 
man}^ of the cares and responsibilities of the head 
of the household. He remained with his parents 
until his marriage, and then purchasing a farm ad- 
joining, lived there until 1876. Then selling out 
he started for the farther West, driving overland 
with a team to Booneville, Mo., and at that point 
chartered a car which conveyed him and his goods 
to Osage Mission, whence he came with a team to 
this county. The story of his later toils and strug- 
gles, is the common one of those who settled upon 
the frontier, and his prosperity has only been 
achieved by the most unflagging industr}-, and the 
exercise of a close economy. He was successful as 
a tiller nf the soil, and in addition to the cultiva- 



tion of his land, has erected a good set of frame 
buildings, and gathered around himself and his 
family the conveniences and comforts of modern 
life. 

Miss Rebecca Livengood, a native of Hancock 
County, Ohio, became the wife of Mr. Kendrick on 
the 28th of November, 1866, the wedding taking- 
place at Ilillslioro, III. The household now num- 
bers nine {hildrcn, viz: Carrie C. .T., George A.. 
Ida May, Nellie G., Ella R., John J., Jennie V., 
Minnie E., and Pearl Ethel. 

Mrs. Kendrick is the daughter of the Rev. John 
J. Livengood. a native of Pennsylvania, who re- 
moved to Ohio in his j'outh. and was there married 
to Miss Amanda Byers. a native of that State. 
They removed to Illinois about 1851, settling in 
Montgomer}' County. Mr. Livengood was i eared 
in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, and prior 
to this time had liecome a preacher. After the re- 
moval to Illinois, he was assigned to a charge in 
Hillsboro, having four appointments in that vicin- 
ity. He lived there until 1864. then removed to 
Butler Grove Townsliip, and purchased the farm 
upon which he still resides. He labored faithfully 
in the Master's vineyard until 1871, then retired 
and spent his remaining years in quietness at 
Hillsboro, passing away March, 1886. His wife had 
died at the home farm in Butler Grove Township 
in February-, 1879. Mr. Livengood was a Repub- 
lican, politically, and Mr. Kendrick is a Democrat. 



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ILLIAM CORZINE, Vice-President of the 
ational Bank at Caldwell, is also 
tensively in the livestock busi- 
ness, being one of the largest laud-owners of Sum- 
ner County. Of Southern antecedents, he was born 
in Tobias County, X. C, January 5, 1835, and is 
the son of John R. and Elizabeth (Madden) Cor- 
zine, the former of whom was a well-to-do planter 
during his residence in the South. 

John R. Corzine, in 1838, emigrated to .)er- 
sey Count}', 111., where he sojourned for a period 
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MoiitjTDincry County, thai Slate. In the latter lie 
spent his hist days engaged in farming. He was a 
strict nicniiwr of the Baptist Cliurcli fiuni early 
euanhood an<l possessed of the unquestioned integ- 
rity wliieh gained him the eonfidenee and esteem 
of all with whom he had dealings. His wife, Kliza- 
botli. was born in Roan County, N. C, and was 
the descendant of an old and honored family of 
high respectability. .She also like her husband died 
in Montgomery County, III. There were born to 
them six children, viz: William, Saiah .T.. Noah, 
Jefferson, Francis M. and Kliz.abeth A. 

The subject of this sketch was the first-born of 
his parents and was reared on a farm in .Jersey 
County, 111. He attended the common school and 
in 1852 removed with his parents to Montgomery 
County, where he commence<l farming for himself 
and was thus occnpieil there until 1873. In the 
meantime he was prospered, but decided to invest 
his capital in Kansas lands, and coming to this 
county purchased nine hundred and sixty acres on 
sections 16 and 21, Falls Township. He still main- 
tains possession of this land, which is now valuable. 
He gave his attention strictly to farming until 1882, 
then removed with his family to Caldwell, of which 
he ha.s since been a resident. He still has the general 
man.agement of his farming interests and as a lead- 
ing stockman of this county, holds membership in 
the Cherokee btrip Live Stock Association. He 
started out for himself unaided and his jjo.ssessions 
are solely- the result of his own industry and good 
management. For three years he served .is County 
Commissioner, and is recognized everywhere as a 
liberal and public-spirited citizen, willing to aid 
in any project which will result in the advancement 
and welfare of the people around him. He is an 
uncompromising Democrat, politically, ami h.as 
taken the third degree of the Ancient Free it .\c- 
ce|)ied Masons. Tlie Caldwell Fiist National Bank 
has become one of the leading institutions of its kind 
in this county, owing its prosperity largely U> the 
standing of its \'ice-l'resident, wiio is also a leading 
director. 

Mr. Corzine was first married in 18,')H near 
Litchfield, to Miss Sarah Forehand, of .Montgomery 
County. 111. This lady was a native of Tennessee, 
and departed this life at her home in Falls Town- 




shii) in 187.). There were born to her 'ind her hus- 
band six children, viz:. lames A., Fmnia . I., Thomas 
.1.. Ida K., Mary and Albert. Mr. Corzine in 1877 
contracted a second marri'ige with Miss Margaret 
S. IJlackwelder, of this county, anci who is still liv- 
ing. Of this union there are no children. 






ENRY .1. BEILFT. This gentleman is not 
only one of the substantial citizens of the 
county, financially speaking, but is one of 
educated citizens and a man of enterprise, 
morality and good citizenship. His nat^al d.ay was 
March 9. 1813, and Texas claims him as one of her 
sons. His father, Joseph Beilet, was born in Ger- 
many and came to America when a young man, 
making his first settlement in Philadelphia. Pa. He 
became one of the earl}' settlers of Tex.-us, and being 
a man of more than ordinary intelligence became 
a prominent citizen, and was the incumbent of .sev- 
eral minor olficial positions. He served as a pri- 
vate in the Mexican War. In politics he was a 
Democrat, and in religion was a member (^f the Lu- 
theran Church. He was not only influential among 
his fellowmen, but disiilayed excellent business 
ability and at the time of his death was in good 
financial circumstances. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
was the fifth in a family of ten children, and was 
reared and educated in his native State, finishing 
his schooling as a student in St. Mary's College. 
In 18G9, he went to Louisville. Ky., and learned 
the trade of a painter, which he followed but a few 
years ere he was compelled to abandon it, as he 
found it was injuring his health. Returning to 
Texas in 1872, he entered upon the business of 
stock-raising and has since kept up his interest in 
stock, his principal business at present consisting 
of l)uying and selling good grades. In 1880 he 
came to this county and pui chased one hundred 
and sixty acres in Sumner Township, where he now 
lives; he also owns considerable real estate in Ne- 
br.aska and altogether is in a condition of prosi)erity 
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liighly satisfactory to any man whose ideas of com- 
fort are not exorbitant. 

Tlie family of Mr. I'.eilet is made up of bis wife 
and three charming daughters — Mary E.. Annie 
L., and Binlie. Mrs. Beilet bore tlie maiden name 
of Laura J. Wrigiit and was born in Iowa, April 
li», 1858, to Henry and May ( Heart j AVright, who 
were natives of Ohio. The Wrights came to Kan- 
sas in 1871, and settled in this county, where the 
father is still carrying on his occupation of a 
farmer. The rites of wedlock were celebrated be- 
tween the daughter and our subject May 27, 1880. 




^ H. D. CLEVELAND. This gentleman is 
))) the proprietor of the Capital Livery, Feed 
& Sale Stable, in Wellington, and has one 
of the finest establishments of the kind in 
Sumner County. His stables are located on Lin- 
coln Avenue, and there he usually keeps for work 
sixteen to twenty horses, and he also has a fine lino 
of trade in boarding. He has been carrying on the 
establishment here since 1878, and is one of the 
oldest livery men now in the city. He has also 
been quite extensively engaged in buying and sell 
ing stock. He is quite an old settler of this State, 
having landed in Wichita in 1872, when that pros- 
perous city was but a small village, and there 
en<^a»ed in the grocery business, in which he con- 
tinued some three years. He then changed his em- 
ployment to that in which he is now engaged, and 
a few years later removed his stock to this city, of 
which he is now a prominent business man. 

Mr. Cleveland is a son of Joseph and Sallie 
(Barrett) Cleveland, natives of Niagara County, 
N. Y., where they were married and where for 
many years the father was engaged In farming. In 
1850, they removed to Stephenson County, 111., 
about eight miles from Beloit. Wis., thence remov- 
ing to Sheboygan County. Wis., where Mr. Cleve- 
land continued his former occupation until elected 
Sheriff, which office he held four years. He also 
served as Supervisor six years. In 186SI he removed 
to Iowa, and in 177 1 can'e to this State, and is now 



living in Pawnee Count3-. His wife died in Wis- • 
cousin in 1868. 

The subject of this brief biography was born in 
Niagara County. N. Y.. Februarj- 24, 1848. and re- 
mained in his native county until eight years old 
when he accompanied his parents farther West. 
Y'oung as he was at the breaking out of the Rebel- 
lion, Mr. Cleveland was anxious to devote his 
youthful energy to the cause of the LTnion, and 
therefore placed his name on the muster-roll of 
Compan}' F, Second Wisconsin, the date ofliis en- 
listment being March 22, 1861. He was first sent 
to Washington and then went to the front, lieing 
present at the first battle of Bull Run. After the 
expiration of his first term of enlistment he entered 
the riiirty-sixth Wisconsin, as Captain of Companj- 
F, which he had raised. This command was also 
sent to Washington and thence to the seal of con- 
flict, and Mr. Cleveland participated in all their 
engagements, from the battle of the Wilderness 
through to Richmond. His services included par- 
ticipation in the battles of Spottsylvania Court- 
house, Cold Harbor and Welton Railroad, and 
many smaller engagements, with the usual amount 
of hard marching and camp duties. At Spottsyl- 
vania Court-house, he received a flesh-wound in 
the leg, and was an inmate of thefield hospital for 
a time. He attended the Grand Review at Wash- 
ington and was mustered out at Chicago, .liiiie 18, 
1865. 

At the cessation of his soldier's life, Mr. Cleve- 
land returned to Wisconsin and there engaged in 
buying horses for the Western markets until the 
fall of 1869, when he removed to Iowa and en- 
gaged in the livery business in Cedar Falls, also 
owning a farm in Grundy County. From Iowa he 
removed to Austin, Minn., where for three 3'ears 
he was engaged in the sale of agricultural imple- 
ments, after which he became a resident of this 
State and enqiloyed as before noted. 

The lady in whom Mr. Cleveland found the 
companion he desired was Miss Anna Porter, who 
Wits born in Cumberland County, Ky., June z'd, 
1856, and there made her home until about ^ix 
years of age, when her father, R. Porter, was killed, 
after which her home was in Bowling Green. In 
tiiat cilv the rites of wedlock were celebrated be- 




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tween herself and Mr. Clevelainl .luni' o, I8K0. 
Their linppv union has been blessed by tlie birth 
of three chil<iren — Alida P., Grover and Ciiester. 
Mr. Cleveland belongs to the Grand Army of 
the Ropulilic and to the Ancient Order of Inited 
Workmen. lie is a reliable citizen, an honest man, 
kindly in his domestic relations, and receives his 
due measure of resjioct from his associates. 



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ALVIN L. READ. No more popular man 
can be found in a ''day's journey," nor one 
more worthy of the rej^anl in which he is 
held, than he whose name stands at the head of this 
biogra|)hy, and whose portrait appears on the op- 
posite page. He settled on his present location in 
Dison Township, in 1879, an<l during the decade 
of his residence here has been actively' and odici.illy 
interested in various social organizations, in politi- 
cal and educational n)alters, and has ahv.ays mani- 
fested an intelligent interest in every movement 
which has for its object the welfare of the commu- 
nity. Ills farm is now rented to a tenant, and com- 
prises one hundred and sixty acres, eightv of which 
are under the plow. 

Trum.'in Heail, the father (>f our subject, was a 
native of Windsor, Mass., and the son of .loshua 
Krad. lie was a car|)enler by trade as well as a 
faiiner. and during the War of 1H12, served in the 
American army. In the Kmpire .'^tate he married 
Miss Sallie Brown, who was also a native of Wind- 
sor, Mass., and tliev made their permanent abode 
in Yates County. N. Y.. where Mrs. Read died in 
l«t2. The father of our subject subsequently mar- 
ried Rebecca Hennebergh, who is still living on the 
old liomestead, her husband having departe<l this 
life in 1877. The first marriage of Trnuian Read 
was blessed by the birth of eight children, four of 
whom are now living. 

The subject of this sketcli is the seventh in the 
parental family, and was born February .'J, 1834. 
He received a good common-school education, ar.d 
remained at home, helping his father until he was 
twenty-one years of age. He h.os always been en- 



gaged in farm pursuits, except during the Civil 
War, and began life for iuinself by renting a farm 
which he carried on until his |)alriotism was roused 
to a pitch of enthusiasm liy the efforts m.adc to de- 
stroy the I'nion, and he abandoned his peaceful 
calling to take his place in the ranks of his coun- 
try's defenders. In 18G2 he became a member of 
Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New 
Y'ork Infantry, and until .lune, 186.5, was far from 
home and friends, undergoing the hazards of army 
life. 

About the 1st of .September, 1862, Mr. Read was 
sent Willi his comrades to Harper's Ferry. \a., and 
on the 15th of the same month, they were taken 
l)risoners by Stonewall .laeksou's army. After hav- 
ing been kept on parole at Chicago for two months, 
they were exchanged and sent to Washington, and 
placed upon picket duty at Bull Run until 180:3. 
They were then attached to the .Second Army 
Corps at Gnin Spring. Va., and took jjart in the Irv- 
ing scenes of <Teltysbnrg. Reluming to \'irginia, 
they crossed the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers 
to the l)anks of the Rappahannock, remained there 
for a time, and then moved over ti:> Culpeper on 
the Rapidan River, where they remained until Lee 
undertook to Hank the army, when they again re- 
turned to Hull Run. The comuianil started .South 
ag:)in, went into the Mine Run expedition, and 
then into winter cpiarters. In May. 1864, they 
broke camp and entered upon the Petersbnrij 
Campaign, and in Ai]ril. 18(l,'>. they followed Gen. 
Lee's army to the surrender at Aiipomallox Court 
House. During these years .Mr. Read had taken 
part in the battles at Harper's Ferry, Gettysburjj, 
Auburn Run, A'a., and Bristol .Station. 

Allhough this outline of the movements of the 
command to which .Mr. Rend belonged, does not 
include many of the most terrible and noted battle 
fields, those who are acquainted with a soldier's life 
know that it was not the less arduous or hazardous. 
Indeed what are commonly called minor enga«'c- 
raents, and the minor duties of campaigning, re- 
quire perhaps more true courage than that called 
for during a great battle, as in the latter there is 
an excitement, and even an exhilaration of spirit 
"when the fight is on,'* that leads men generail}- to 
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en,^aged lessens tlie inrtiviflual chances of injury. 
It is tlierefore true tiiat tLe greatest braver}- is fre- 
queutlj' displayed during the scenes wliicb liislory 
does not record, or passes over with but a slight 
comment. Mr. Read was one of a special detail of 
one hundred men to act as Gen. Hancock's Pro- 
vost Guard, and wis serving in that capacity at the 
close of the war. He was on duty at AVashington 
during the Grand Review in 1S65. 

When mustered out of the service, Mr. Read re- 
turned to his home in New York, and soon after 
settled in Oceana County, Midi., on a farm which 
he operated for twelve years. He then removed 
to Arkansas, and after sojourning in that State 
about eighteen months, came to Kansas in 1879. 
and took u[) his residence on the farm where he 
still lives. In 1856 he became the husband of Ma- 
ria Gerould of New York. They have one child, 
Anson Revell Read, now living in New York, where 
he owns and operates a vineyard. 

Mr. Read takes an active interest in i)olities, and 
always votes the Republican ticket. He is a mem- 
ber of the school board in District No. 160, and has 
been Road Overseer. He has been Tyler in Argonia 
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a member; 
is now Master of the Grange; is Commander of 
Argonia Post, No. 342, G. A. R., in which he has 
formerl}' held other oflices; and is President of the 
Farmers' Alliance. 



^1 OHN F. RUGGLES. This gentleman is one 
of those prosi)erous farmers of the county, 
who settled within its limits at an earl}' pe- 
I riod in its history, and who liave witnessed 
the development of its agricultural and business in- 
terests, and the change from wild land which was 
the haunt of buffalo, bear, deer, and other wild 
animals, to well-kept and productive farm lands dot- 
ted with peaceful herds. 

Mr. Ruggles was born in Lewis Countj% Ky., on 
New Yeai''s Day, 1850. and is a son of Moses and 
Eliza (Roberts) Ruggles, the former of whom was 



of New England ancestr}', and born in the same 
county in which his son, our suJjject, first saw the 
light. The mother was born in Fleming County, 
Kj'., and was a daughter of one Samuel Roberts. 
The paternal grand jjarents of our subject were 
Thomas and Louisa (Bourse) Ruggles, both of 
whom were born in New England, the grandfather 
being of English ancestry. They were among the 
early settlers of Lewis County, K}'., where Thomas 
Ruggles took up a tract of timber land, upon which 
he cleared a considerable acreage, changing the 
wilderness to a fertile farm. There the father of our 
subject was born in April, 1816, and grew to ma- 
turity, his early life being passed before railroads 
were built in the Blue Grass State, and when Rich- 
mond, Va., was the market for hogs and cattle, to 
which the people drove them from farms far dis- 
tant. Being reared to agricultural pursuits, Moses 
Ruggles, upon attaining to manhood, bought some 
improved land a mile distant from his father's 
homestead, and there took up his employment, and 
is still residing on the same place. He has lived to 
see that section develop into a well-settled and 
wealth}' country, and now finds a much nearer mar- 
ket than Richmond for all that he desires to buy or 
sell. His wife, the mother of our subject, departed 
this life about the year 1854, when he of whom 
we write was scarcely more than a babe. 

John F. Ruggles passed his boyhoo<l and youth 
in his native county, leaving the parental roof at 
tlie age of eighteen j-ears, and going to DeWitt 
County, 111., where he began life for iiimself by 
working on a farm. He then rented land and car- 
ried on agricultural pursuits there until 1875. The 
previous year he had visited this section of coun- 
try and purchased land in AVellington Township, to 
which, at the date mentioned, he came as a settler. 
Wichita was the nearest railroad station, whence he 
traveled to this county by stage. The only im- 
provement upon the place which he had purchased 
was a small dwelling, and all the conveniences 
which now mark the place have been accomplished 
by him. He is the fortunate possessor of a half sec- 
tion of land whicli is all enclosed, and which is im- 
proved for general farming or used as pasture land. 
The industry and practical ability of Mr. Ruggles are 
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sibonl the csUilc, ami as O'.ie who lias assisted in the 
(k'veiopnient nf the coiiiily. and heen for a minilter 
of years one of its reliable citizens, he is entitled 
to and receives the respect of his fcllow-nion. 

The niarriai^e of Mr. Rngglcs was celebrated in 
I H7 I. the bride being Miss Armenia, daughter of 
.Samuel and Harriet (Grovsy) Wilson, who was 
born in Lewis County. Ky.. and who has lieen a 
faithful and loving wife and mother since the date 
of their union. .Seven children have come to 
brighten their firesiile. They are named, respect- 
ively- : Ilattie L., DoUie J., Annie L., Kli/a .1.. Ka- 
tie L., an<l .Samuel W. and Vadie L., twins. 



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OllN .1. STAND.s, an I'xtensive farmer re- 
siding in .lackson Township, .Sumner County, 
was born in Pike Township. Slark County, 
_ Ohio, February 24, 1850. His father. Henry 
Stands, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he 
was reared anil married. When a young man, he 
learned the trade of a weaver, and worked I't that 
branch of industry in his native Slate for a number 
of years. In those days hand-looms were in use, 
machinery not having sis yet made its appearance 
to benefit both the workman a-id his employer. 
Sonietime after marri.-ige he removed to Ohio, 
where he renle<l laml and engaged in farming. He 
met with gratifying success, and after a lime was 
enabled to purchase a partly im|)roved farm in 
Pike Townsihip. upon whicn he moved, and where 
he resided until his death in IBSij. He had lived 
to see St.nrk County, Ohio, develo|> from a wilder- 
ness to a wealthy and pf)pulous country. The 
maiden name of tjie aiother of our subject was 
I.ydia Holm. She was born in Ohio, an<l now re- 
sides on the family estate in Pike Town.sliip, Slark 
County, where she enjoys the conlidence and es- 
teem of a large circle of frieinls. Heury and Ly- 
dia St:unls were the parents of fourteen children, nf 
whiim ten were reared to maturity. 

The subject of this sketch was rearcil on his 
father's farm, and commenci-il to assist him in his 
laliors as soon as he was old enough to be of anv 



use. He continued to reside with his parents until 
his marriage, when he struck out for himself. He 
rented land in the neigliborhood of his old home, 
and operated it as a farm until the year 187H, when 
he removed to Kansas. Although his native .State 
was endeared to him by many ties of kindred and 
the hallowed associations of his youth anil man- 
hood, 3et as it offered him no prospect of obtaining 
a new home for himself in the future, he concluded to 
sever the chain binding him to his nativs soil, and 
seek a home in the great and glorious West, where 
he could call the land his own. Hearing good re- 
l)orts of Sumner County, he decided to locate in it, 
and has never li.id occasion to regret his choice, as 
it has fidly niet his expectations in every respect. 

The removal of Mr. Stands and his family was 
made from his native State to his new home, via 
railro.ad to Wichita, then the terminus of the line 
in that direction, and from that point to their linal 
location by teams. I'pon his arrival in the county 
he bought one hundred and sixty acres of slightly 
improved land, including the southwest quarter of 
section 20, Jackson Township. Knergy, industry, 
and good management have secured for our subject 
a large measure of success, and he has lieen enabled 
to add by purchase to his original tract of land, 
until he now has a fine farm of four hundred acres, 
all good land and enclosed by a thrifty and beau- 
tiful hedge. He has erected good liuildings and 
planted fruit and shade trees, which will in the near 
future amply rewaril him for his labor in their be- 
half. He manages his business of a general farmer 
and stock-raiser with intelligence and skill, andean 
show !is good land and improvements as can be 
found in the county. 

Ill lH7-i our subject and Mi.ss Christina Kahler 
were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. 
Stands was born in Tuscaraw.ns Cojiity. (,)hio, and 
is a lady well-fitted by nature and education to be 
the wife of a good man. She is an earnest Chris- 
tian worker and exemplifies the precepts of re- 
ligion in her daily life, and as a coiise(|uence eii- 
jovs the respect and esteem of all with whom she 
comes in contact, .she is a member of the I'nited 
Brethren Church, and is a regular and devoted at- 
tendant upon all its service's. Mr. Stands is a Re- 
publican in politic^, and exerts his iiilluence for 



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the success of his i>aity. Mr. and Mrs. Stands have 
been charged with the rearing of six children, 
named respectively: Bertiia E., Ollie M., Irving S., 
Delia X., John 11.. and Myrtle L. 



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HOMAS A. DAVIS has been a resident of 
r^jsv. tliis county since 187G, and is the owner of 
a pleasant and well-improved farm on sec- 
lion 30, Sumner Township, rnd engiged in general 
farming and stock-raising. In addition to his agri- 
cultural cmploj-ments, he finds time for labors in 
behalf of the cause of Cliristianitj', and is the local 
Baptist preacher at Mayfleld. He was Justice of 
the Peace for a number of years, and has high re- 
pule among his fellow-citizens as a just Judge, a 
kindly neighbor, and a worth}' citizen. 

The ancestral line of our subject is traced through 
a number of generations of North Carolinians to 
English ancestors. His grandfather was Daniel 
Df.vis, and his father William Davis, who was l)orn 
in 1819, and is now living in Jackson Counts-, 
Mo., whence he removed in 1845. He is engaged 
in tilling the soil, and has an honorable record as a 
private during the late war. The mother of our 
subject was b( rn in 1818, to Thomas and Marj'^ 
Winfrey, and was christened Nancy. Her father 
was a farmer, and like her husband's family, she and 
hers were natives of North Carolina, She also is 
still living. The parental family comprised Thomas, 
Elvira, Caleb J., John S., and Mary J.; all are still 
living except Caleb .1., who died at the age of sev- 
enteen. 

Mr. Davis was born September G, 1839, in North 
Carolina, and being but a lad when his parents ic- 
moved to Missouri, his rearing and education were 
completed in the latter State! He finished his 
course of study in 1858, and taught school until 
1861, when he determined to devote his strength, 
and his life if need be, to the cause of the Union. 
He therefore enlisted iu Company I, Second Mis- 
souri Cavalr}', and served his country faithfully 
until June, 1865, when he was honorablv discharfjed 



and mustered out of the service. The principal 
battles iu which he participated, were Lexington, 
Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, and Helena, and in many 
minor engagements, brilliant cavalry dashes and 
scouting exploits, he bore a gallant part. 

At the conclusion of the war Mr. Davis adopted 
the occupation of farming, and until the year 1870 
was thus engaged in Missouri, and he then entered 
upon a mercantile career, pursuing it until the 
fall of 1876, when he pre-empted the land upon 
which he yet resides, and again turned his atten- 
tion to the pursuit of agriculture. 

On January 14, 1860. Mr. Davis was united in 
marriage with Miss Emily S. House, a native of 
Jackson County, Mo , whose natal day was Octo- 
ber i 7, 1843. She was a daughter of Samuel and 
Julia House, who were natives of Kentucky and 
North Carolina, respectively. Mrs. Davis breathed 
her last July 30, 1884, [leaving six children to 
mourn the loss of a loving mother, and to whom 
she left as a heritage, the knowledge of her kind- 
ness and consistent Christian character. She was a 
member of the Baptist Church. Her children are 
named respectively: Caleb S., Julia A., John H., 
AVilliam, Henry J., and Isaac W. By a second 
maj-riage, Mr. Davis has one child, DeForest. who 
is now living in Missouri. 



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\fr^RKDERICK S. PHILLIPS is making a 
Mfs)^ specialty of fruil-growiug and has, at his 
i pleasant homestead on section 10, a grow- 
ing orchard comprising one hundred apple trees, 
besides pear trees, an abundance of raspberries, 
blackberries, grapes, strawberries and other small 
fruits. For eight 3'ears after coming to his present 
location he followed the trade of a blacksmith, and 
had a shop on his farm. Gradually he gave up 
this business to engage in other departments of 
labor in connection with his farm, which consists of 
forty acres of well-improved land. 

Of sturdy English aucestrj-, our subject was born 
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|):ir('iils Wfi'c .loiiallian and Sarali l'liilli|is. like- 
wise unlives of New .lorsey. of wliicii Stale their 
forefathers were among the very earliest settlers. 
It is said thai to these early representalives of the 
Phillips family were issued during (^iiefii Anne's 
reign, deeds to large tracts of land in New .lersey. 
Jonathan I'hillips was twice married, our sulijecl 
being the eldest child liy the second marriage. He 
was reared to manlmod in his native .Stale, and 
until the age of sixteen w.as mainly occupied in the 
il. tails of fai m life. At that lime, however, he 
commenced to learn the blacksmith's trade, serving 
ft four years' apprenticeship, and afterward follow- 
ing it in New .lersey for a period of thirty years. 
Ilis carh' education was received in subscription 
schools, and was limited to the mere rudiments of 
knowledge. 

Mr. Phillips is numbered among those valiant 
patriots who offered their lives in their country's 
defense. In 18C2 he enlisted in Company O, 
Thirtieth New Jersey Infantry, which was incorpo- 
rated with the Army of the Potomac. He partici- 
pated in the battles of Chancellorville. Fredericks- 
burg, Gettysburg, and other minor engagements. 
lie enlisted as Sect)nd Lieutenant, serving in this 
cap.icity during his active campaign of nine months. 
He endured with hardihood the severe marches 
accompanying army life, for, being of n sturdy 
frame and compact build, he sulTered less fnjm 
hardships and cx|)Osure llian most of the soldieis. 

On the "iOth of January, 1849, our subject was 
united in marriage with Miss Caroline Johnson, 
who. like himself, was a native of Hunterdon. 
County, N. J., and was born October 26, 1827. 
She was a daughter of Asher and Mary A. Jolin- 
son\ of the same .State, and of an old family proba- 
bly of Knglish origin. Kight chililien were born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, of whom five survive, 
namely: Kmma A., wife of John Watson, of 
Trenton. N. J.; William, a resident of Stockton. 
N- J.; Eva, wife of George linuier. ami a resilient 
of Colorado; Sallie, who marric<l Charles tJurtner, 
of Mulvtme, Kan., Lewis, who lives in Colorado. 
The deceased are — Mary II.. .\sher .1., and one who 
died in infancy. 

Leaving his Kastern home in January. 1K77, Mr. 
Phillips cast his lot among the people of Sumner 



County. Kan., where his family followed him the 
ensuing March. By dint of toil and good business 
management, he has made for himself and family a 
cemfortable home, and there is passing the close of 
a well-spent life. He has gaiiu^d the respect of the 
community by his upright, consistent character, and 
is associated with the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, at Mnlvane. Politically, ho alliliates with the 
Republican parly, and is an earnest worker in the 
interests of anything calculated to benefit the 
countv where he makes his home. 



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,tp^DWARO C. JEFFRIES. Nineteen years 
fel "h<^ there might have been seen the team and 
.'V — ^ wagon of an emigrant slowly making its 
w.a3- iicross the country to Palestine Townshi|) iu 
the month of July, and which upon arriving on the 
northeast quarter of section li. halted and the travel- 
ers alig'jting, proceeded to look around them in 
contemplation of that which they expected would 
be their future home. The outlook w.as not remark- 
ably encouraging, being a broad stretch of open 
country over which wild animals roamed at will 
and which had been scarcely disluibed by the foot 
of a white man. Upon the land selected there 
stood a little 12x11 frame house which had been 
put up by some discouraged "squatter" but into 
which Edward C. Jeffries and his family soon re- 
moved and proceeded to make the best of circum- 
stances. 

The Jeffries family, as maj- be supposed, were not 
over-stocked with this world's goods, although Mr. 
Jeffries had paid for his claim the snug sum of 
^.500. He was of a hospitable disposition, which 
quality was shared by his excellent wife, and that 
little house during that first fall sheltered from time 
to lime four other families who sojourne<l there 
temporarily. Neighbors were few and far between 
and in the fall of 1m72 Mr. Jeffries went only about 
twelve miles west of the present site of Belle 
Plaine to kill buffalo for his winter meat, laying 
low fis many as five or six In an hour. Large herds of 
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tiy. Upun one of these expeditions while out hunt- 
ing Mr. Jeffries' attention was attracted by a move- 
ment in tlie grass and he discovered the head of an 
Indian wiio was stealthily watching his movements. 
Tiie savage ui)on being discovered mounted his 
pony and rode at a rapid rate over the hill, point- 
ing an arrow in his bow at the white man. ^Ir. Jeff- 
ries leveled his rejieating rifle on liis threatening 
foe and they each came to a halt, thus regarding 
each other and each waiting for further demonstra- 
tions. Finally the Indian wheeled and left, much 
to tiic relief of tiie peaceable white man. 

In due time there was constructed from this 
primitive tract of land one of the best farms in 
Palestine Township, presenting now the picture of 
a pleasant country home where peace and plentj- 
aboiind. Tiie first dwelling has been supplanted by 
a commodious frame residence, near which have 
been built a substantial barn, corn cribs, granaries 
and other necessary structures, while Mr. Jeffries 
has planted over a thousand fruit trees, including 
apple, peach, pear and cherry, besides blackberry' 
and grape vines. The farm is mostly enclosed and 
divided with hedge fencing. No more fitting mon- 
ument could be erected to bim whose perseverance 
anil energy have met with such ample reward. 

The subject of this notice was born in Wood 
County, Ohio, May 12, 1836, and was reared there 
on a faim, acquiring a practical education in the 
district school. His parents, George and Rebecca 
(Buse) Jeffries, were natives of Pennsylvania and 
born near the town of Little York. At an early' 
date they removed to Harrison County, Ohio, with 
their respective parents and endured all the hard- 
ships incident to pioneer life. Later the mother 
became a resident of Wood County, that State 
where her death took place in 1864. Prior to the 
removal there they had sojourned for a short time 
in Cincinnati, where the father died in 18-18. Tlie 
mother was a consistent member of the United 
Brethren Church. The paternal grandfather, Sam- 
uel Jeffries, was of Scotch ancestry and it is be- 
lieved was born in the Land of tiie Thistle. 

Edward C. Jeffries remained a resident of the 
Buckeye State until after the outbreak of the Civil 
War and at an early period in the conflict enlisted 
as a Union soldier in Company K, Sisty-seventb 



Onio Infantry, being mustered in as a private No- 
vember 7. I 861. He served three years, then vet- 
eranized, and on March IS. 18G5. was given a First 
Lieutenant's commission with which rank he served 
until the close of the war. Prior to this he had 
acted as Commissary Sergeant. He participated in 
many important battles, including the fight at Win- 
chester, met the enemy in the Shenandoah Valley 
near New Market, and in front of Richmond and 
was at the battle of Black Water, Morris Island, 
Chapin Farm, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, and 
had the satisfaction of witnessing Lee's surrender 
at Appomattox. His company was held afterward 
about twenty miles north of Richmond until De- 
cember 7, 1865, when they repaired to City Point 
where Mr. Jeffries received his honorable discharge, 
and the company later was disbanded at Columbus. 
Ohio. 

Mr. Jeffries returned home without a scratch, 
able to enter at once upon the duties of a civilian. 
Esteeming one of the first of these duties to be the 
establishment of a home, he had prior to this taken 
unto himself a wife and helpmate. Miss Ellen 
North, to whom ho was wedded April 24, 186.5. 
This lady was a native of his own county and the 
daughter of William and JIatild;i (Skinner) North, 
the father a native of Pliiladelphia. Pa., and the 
mother of Perry County', Ohio. Jlr. and Jhs. 
North became residents of Wood County with 
their respective parents early in life and during 
the pioneer days of that region. Grandfather Jos- 
eph North and his wife, Catherine, it is believed 
were both natives of Pennsylvania. Upon emi- 
grating to Ohio, they settled in the heavy timber 
among Indians, bear, wolves, wild hogs and other 
animals, and they laboriously constructed a home- 
stead from the wilderness. There they spent their 
last days. On the maternal side. Grandfather John 
and Elizabeth (Oakley) Skinner, likewise natives of 
the Keystone State, were early pioneers of Perry- 
County, Ohio, whence later they removed to Wood 
County and underwent an experience similar to 
that of the North family. Those courageous 
spirits have long since passed away and it becomes 
the duty o!' their descendants to hold their names 
in remembrance. 

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his little faiuii}' lo IJoiitoii C'oiiniy. Iowa, wluie 
they sojourned until coininj; to K.tms.is. There has 
licen Itorn to thciu one chiiil only, a son, George 
L , who, with liis pirenls. is a member of the Meth- 
odist K|)isc(»|>:\l C'inireh. in which Mr. .leffries is 
one of the pillars and officiates as Trustee. Mrs. 
•K'tTrics' family, as far back .as she has the records, 
were all identified with this religious denomination. 
Her parents accompanied her to Kansas, remaining 
witli her until their decease, the father dying No- 
vember 21), 1880, and the mother Febru.iry 19, 1881. 
Although usually fortunate Mr. .left'ries has met 
with reverses like most other men. In 1871 his 
crops were destroyed by the grasshoppers which put 
the family upon very short rations for the follow 
ing winter and spring. Money likewise was scarce, 
and during the fall of that year Mr. .leffries hauled 
corn from Ft. Reno, thus making money enough to 
meet his expenses. 

Politieally, ^Ir. Jeffries affiliates witii the Re- 
publican party. He has served as Treasurer of 
Palestine Township since 1887. and .^s Trustee from 
1884 lo 1886. He belongs to lU'lle Plaine Post, 
No. 337, G. A. R.. and his son to the Sons of 
Veterans. Mrs. Jeffries is an efficient worker in the 
Relief Corps. 



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ANIEL GILCHRI.ST, a farmer and stock- 
raiser of Helle Plaine Township and the 
owner of two hundred and sixty acres of 
lanil therein, is a native of Caithness Shire, 
Scotland, where bis eyes first opened to the light 
April 10. lH:i8. He is the son of William and 
Margaret (Dunbar) Gilchrist and is the oldest liv- 
ing member of the parental family. An older 
brother, William, is deceased ; .lobn lives also in 
Helle Plaine Township: .Alexander is dccease<l ; 
and Margaret is the wife of J. W. Dand. of IJelle 
Plaine. The mother now lives in that town, but 
the father departed this life in 1K8:5. 

The early years of our subject were spent in the 
usual occupations and recreations of boyhood, and 



at t'le age of sixteen years he began an apprentice- 
ship at the carpenter's ami joiner's trade, serving 
four years. He subsequently pursued that occupa- 
tion as a journeyman and followed it for a period 
of about thirty years. On May-day, 1860, he was 
united in marri.age with Miss Mary Brims, a daugh- 
ter of Donald and Catherine Brims, who was born 
in Scotland in 1828. A son William, born .luly 1, 
1861, came to bless this union. The wife and mo- 
ther participated in her husband's fortunes until 
iNovembcr 2;j, 1889, when she breathed her List, 
leaving behind her a wealth of love n.nd affection, 
and greatly missed botli by her family and the peo- 
ple who knew iier so well. She was a consistent 
member of the Presbyterian Church. 

Mr. Gilchrist emigrated to America in 1861, 
passage being taken at (ilasgow, on the steamer 
"Caledonia," of the Anchor Line, which after an 
ocean voyage of sixteen days made a landing at 
(.Quebec, Canada. Thence Mr. Gilchrist went to 
Montreal, where he followed his trade for four 
years, after which he removed to Boslon,Mass. 
residing near that city two years, working in a sash, 
door and blind factory. In 1865, he became a cit- 
izen of Chicago. 111., and during the following ten 
years was employed as a journeyman carpenter in 
that city. His next removal waslo Sumner County, 
Kan., and his first settlement was on Cow .Skin 
Creek, on section 19. That location was his home 
for four years, after which he settled on section 25, 
Belle Plaine Township, which has since been his 
home. 

The home farm of Mr. Gilchrist comprises one 
hundred and sixty acres, which at the time of his 
settlement upon it was in a primitive condition 
with the e.Kception of having had the sod turned 
on about iwenty-five acres. There was no house 
whatever on the land and the condition in which 
the estate is now seen h.is resulted from the energy 
and hard labor of the owner, anil his son, who from 
his boyhocxl proved an ellicient helper. They en- 
dured the hard.ships subject to pioneer life, the 
devoted wife and mother being a helpmate and 
counselor, and encouraging the father and son in 
every effort. 

Mr. Gilchrist has served for three terms as Treas- 
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Democrat while his son is an equally stanch Repub- 
lican. The sturdy elements of the Scotch character 
liave been well manifested in the career of Mr. 
Gilchrist, and it is a pleasure to his many friends 
to know that he is prospering in his worldly affairs, 
and to feel that he is interested in all movements 
which pertain to the public good in the section of 
which he lias been so long a worth}' resident. 



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THOMAS N. CORNWELL. A mixed popu- 
lation has been blended together very har- 
'> moniously in the settlement of this county, 
men having come from nearly all parts of the 
United States. The subject of this notice, one of 
the well-to-do fainiers of Palestine Township and 
corafortabl}' located on section 5. is a native of Old 
Virginia and was born in Fauquier County, August 
31, 1832. About six ye.irs later his parents, Ben- 
jamin and Nanc}' (Grant) Cornwell, removed to 
Madison County, Ohio, locating on a farm in the 
heavy timber, or upon land which the father, b}' 
the exercise of great industry and perseverance 
transformed into a farm. He felled the heuvv tim- 
ber, grubbed out and burned the stumps, plowed, 
harrowed and sowed, and this process repeated 
■season after season in due time placed the family 
in comfortable circumstances. 

Amid these scenes j'oung Cornwell was reared to 
man's estate. He assisted his father in the devel- 
oimient of the farm, remaining under the home 
roof until 1854, being then a youth of twenty-two 
years. In the meantime, in 1 853, the mother had 
passed aw.aj'. In 1850, Benjamin Cornwell emi- 
grated to DeWitt County, III., and died the follow- 
ing j^ear. Prior to this, in 1854, Thomas N. had 
gone to Illinois, of which State he remsined a resi- 
dent until 1880. He there met his fate in the 
person of Miss Margaret James, to whom he was 
married in 1858. This lady was born Julj' 26, 
1837, in Fayette County, Ohio, and was the daugh- 
ter of AVilliam and Susan (Belford) James, who 
removed from Ohio to DeWitt County. 111., during 
the earl) settlement of the Prairie State. They 



there spent the remainder of their lives. The 
grandfather, William James, emigrated from Mary- 
land to Ohio at an earl}' date and died there. On 
the maternal side Grandfather Willliam Belford, 
removed from A^irginia to Illinois, likewise in pio- 
neer times, and there he died. 

Mr. Cornwell prosecuted farming in Illinois un- 
til the fall of 1880, then disposing of his interests 
in that region came to Kansas and invested his 
capital in his present farm of two hundred and 
fort}- acres. With the exception of an old box 
house, which had been erected by some pioneer 
who had become discouraged and abandoned it, 
there were no improvements ui)on the place. Mr. 
Cornwell's first business was to provide a shelter 
for his family, and he then began at first principles 
in the construction of a farm. He has been greatly 
prospered in his labors, bringing the soil to a good 
state of cultivation, planting fruit and shade trees, 
erecting buildings and bringing about the other 
improvements naturally suggested to the enterpris- 
ing individual. He and his famil\- are now domi- 
ciled in a fine, large frame dwelling, a view of 
which appears in connection with this sketch. Ad- 
jacent to the residence is a substantial barn and other 
good buildings, an orchard of about five acres, and 
there are also twenty acres of timber which h.-is 
chiefly jjrown up since he came here. 

The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell 
was completed by the birth of nine children, seven 
of whom are living, viz: Albert. Stephen, Alvin, 
Elmer, James, Anna and Ida. The two deceased 
died in infancy. The wife and mother departed 
this life February 4, 1884, at the homestead in 
Palestine Township; she was forty-six years of age, 
and her death cast a gloom over the neighborhood. 
Mr. Cornwell formed a second matrimonial alliance 
March 17. 1886, the lady being Mrs. Ruth E. 
(Hatfield) Shay, who was born September 9, 1840, 
in La Porte County, Ind., her parents being Moses 
and Nancy (Christy) Hatfield, natives of Virginia 
and Ohio respectively. They removed to Indiana 
at an e.arly day. but after the late war removed to 
Missouri, where the mother died, aged about sixty- 
six years. The father is s*/ill living in Harrison 
County, Mo., and has now reached the advanced 
age of eighty -six years. Mrs. Cornwell was first 



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married, .laniiary 7, 1858, to Isaiah Siiay, the ecrc- 
inony boin<j performed in Tazewell County, III. 
Tlieir five chiltlreii were named, respectively: Kit 
tie, Ira. Mar^-. Raelinol and Iva. Killie died near 
Belle I'laine in 1887. All are married and have 
families, with the exception of Ira who makes his 
home in Palestine Township. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell hclon.it t<j the Christian 
Church, attending services in 15cllc I'lainc. and in 
which our subject serves as a Deacon. In Illinois he 
was an Elder. He hasalw.ays been interested in edu- 
cational matters, believins in giving to the j'oung all 
the advantages, fitting them to become useful and 
intelligent members of society. He has served 
as Treasurer most of the time since coming to Pal- 
estine Township. In DcWitt County, 111., he rep- 
resented Texas Township in the County Hoard of 
.'supervisors a number of years. lie also in Illinois 
identified himself with the Inde|)endent Order of 
Odd Fell',)ws. and he is a charter member of 15ellc 
Plaine Lodge. No. l'.*8, and the Encampment at 
Iiclle I'laine. The paternal grandfather of our 
subject was Payton Cornwell, a native of \'irginia. 
in which .State his father located upon coming to 
America from England. On the maternal side his 
grandfather, Isaac (Tranl. w.as of .Scotch ancestry 
and died iu ^'ir}'inia. 



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rSAAC VANCUREN. The subject of this 

I notice holds a prominent position in tlie agri- 

II cultural CDinmunity of Palestine Township, 
and is successfully cultivating two hundred and 
forty acres of good land, pleasantly located on sec- 
tion 8. As a farmer, he is thorough and skillfid, 
and as a member of the community, is held in high 
respect. By birth, he is an Ohio m.'in. a native of 
Belmont County, and was born ( (cti.iber i'.K 18;?!>. 
When a mere boj', his parents. Cornelius and Cathe- 
rine (Hagen) Vancuren, changed their residence 
from Belmont to Hocking County, where they spent 
the remainder of their lives. The mother first 
passed away, being then sixty years old. Cornelius 
Vancuren lived to ihe advanced age of eighty 



years. Both were church members, worthy and 
conscientious people who lived at peace with their 
neighbors and enjoyed the respect of all who knew 
them. The father, politically, was a Democrat, 
and had served as a soldier in the war of 1812. 

Mr. \ancuren was reared to man's estate in 
Hocking County, Ohio, and when ready to establish 
domestic ties, was wedded, in March. 1810, to .Miss 
Eliza A., daughter of Solomon anil Maiy A. (Klen- 
ncr) Yantes. This lady was born in Pickaw.iy 
County. Ohio, but her parents later removed to 
Hocking County, where they spent the closing years 
of their lives, dying in the faith of the Lutheran 
Church. The paternal grandfather, Henry Yantes, 
was born, it is sup[)ose.l. in fJermany. Both he 
and his wife, Catherine, died in Pickaway County, 
Ohio. On the mother's side. <!randfather George 
Flenner. with his wife, Elizabeth, dii;<l in .Sandusky 
Count}-, Ohio. 

Mr. and Mrs. Vancuren lived on a farm in 
Hocking County, Ohio, until the spring of 186.">, 
then removed to .Shelby County. 111., locating there 
also upon a farm, and remaining three years, when 
they removed to Macon County, where they re- 
mained until February, 1877. Their next removal 
w.os to this county. Mr. Vancuren at once pur- 
chased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which 
is now included in his present farm. Later he 
added to his landed possessions, until he has now 
two hundred and forty acres, all in productive con- 
dition and devoted to general agriculture. The 
family first occupied a small house, and beyond a 
few acres of ground having been plowed, this was 
the only im|)rovemcnt upon the jilace. The near- 
est market was at Wichit-i, to which place the farm- 
ers of this region conveyed their proiluce overland 
with teams. Mr. \'ancin-en labored industriously 
iu the construction (jf his homestead, and its present 
condition indicates to what good purpose he em- 
plo^'ed his time. Besides the cultivation of the 
soil, and the erection of buildinge, he plante<I a 
grove of forest trees and numbers of apjile trees, 
besides the smaller fruits. The family enjoy all 
the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. 

Seven children canu- to blc.>>s the union of Air. 
and Mrs. Vancuren, all of whom are still spared to 
them. The cldc>t biuii, a diughter. Catherine, is 



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the wife of Anthony Hahn, and they live in this 
counly; Maiy .1. is the wife of James L. Yaiighan, 
of Winfield: Elizabeth, Mrs. Benjamin Auibert, 
lives in Dalton, 111.; Rebecca J. is the wife of 
Henry Graban of AVashington; John anil William 
remain at home with their parents; Harriet A. is 
the wife of William Daily, and they live in Win- 
field. Mr. and Mrs. Vancuren are connected with 
the Christian Church at Belle Plaine, and occupy a 
good position in their community. 

The iiaternal grandfather of Mr. Vancuren was 
a Tory during Revolutionary times, and after the 
war was over, settled in New York State, where it 
is sui)p()sed he spent his last days. On his mother's 
side. Grandfather David Ilagen, it is supposed, was 
born in Ireland. He lived in Pennsylvania many 
years, and died there. On another page of this 
volume may be found a view of Mr. Vancuren's 
residence. 



« I^ILLIAM ALFUED DARBY. Here and 
\rJ// there we find a man of advanced thought, 
\^^ ahead of his time, keeping himself well 
posted upon the march of events, and taking a 
warm interest in the various enterprises calculated 
to benefit the world in general. Mr. Darby is one 
of the most public spirited men of Belle Plaine 
Township, and is a farmer by occupation, operating 
one hundred and sixty acres of well-developed land 
on section 2. He oame to this county in the spring 
of 1871, from Independence, this State, and during 
his eighteen years residence among the people of 
this community, has fully established himself in 
their confidence and esteem. 

Mr. Darby was born in AYest Yirginia, March 
1 S, 1 842, and when a child, was taken by his parents 
to Richland County, Ohio. His boyhood and 
youth were spent amid the quiet pursuits of farm 
life, and he acquired his education in the common 
school. The familj' left the Buckeye State about 
1860, removing to Logan County, 111., and later 
crossing the Mississippi, took u\> their abode in 
Indepen lence, this State. William A. remained 
there one winter, then coming to this county, pre- 



empted one hundred and sixty acres of land — that 
which constitutes his present farm — and where he 
has since resided. Ti-.is was then a tract of wild 
land, without any improvements, and it has taken 
no small amount of labor and capital to bring it to 
its present condition. The results of perseverance 
and industry have been illustrated in a marked 
degree in the labors of ^Ir. Darby, who is now in 
possession of one of the most desirable bomes in this 
part of the county. 

Mr. Darby came to this section an unmariied 
man, but in due time formed the acquaintance of 
Miss Angeline Lawless, to whom he was wedded in 
Belle Plaine Township, April 25, 1875. Blrs. 
Darby was born in Russell County, Ky., April 5ll), 
1855, and is the daughter of .Tames and Nancy 
(Cook) Lawless, who aic now living in Harmon 
Township. The young people began the journe3' 
of life together at their own home, and toiled 
mutually in gathering around themselves the con- 
veniences and comforts of modern life. Mr. Darby 
is a reader, and keeps himself posted upon political 
events, giving his cordial support to the Republican 
party. 

The father of our subject was John O. Darby, 
who married Miss Sarah Neal; they were natives 
of Yirginia and Pennsylvania respectively. They 
became the parents of eleven children, and spent 
their last da3's in Richland County, Ohio. 

Among other lithographic views of well-de- 
veloped farms in Sumner County, we present that 
of Mr. Darby, with some of its improvements and 
principal buildings. 



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^ l¥,ESLEV S. NORTH. This gentleman ranks 
\jjJi among the leading farmers of Palestine 
\yW Township, being the owner of eighty acres 
of choice land on section 32. This land has been 
thoroughly improved and embellished with good 
buildings, including a neat modern dwelling, with 
stables, corncribs, etc.; adjacent to them is an or- 
chard of five acres, with an abundance of the smaller 



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fruits. Mr. Nurth iimke.s a specialty of slock-rais- 
inji^, |)rinc-i|>,Tll3' I'dlaiid-t'liina swiiu'. lie is amply 
worthy i)f a representaliuii in lliis work as a thor- 
oii^^li :iii<l skillful agricnUurist aii<l a useful mem- 
ber (if llie community. 

A native of Wood County. Ohio. Mr. North was 
liorn February fi, l^.'^S. and siient his early years 
learning tlie arts of ngricidturc. His i)areuls, Will- 
iam and Matilda (Skinner) North, were n.itives re- 
spectively of flermantown. Pa.. an<l Perry County. 
Ohio. Kacli emigrated with their parents at an 
early date to Wood County, Ohio. The paternal 
i^raiidparents of our suhjecl were .lose|ih and Cath- 
erine (North) Nt)rlh. ami (ju his mother's side his 
grandparents were John and Catherine (Oakley) 
Sliiuner. They all look up their aliode in the 
liuckeyc .State altout Ls.'StJ. among Indians and wild 
animals, the latter including bears, wild cats, 
wolves and otlu-r dangerous creatures. Flaeh fam- 
ily put up a little log cabin and began the con- 
struction of a farm from the heavy timber at a 
time when the nearest settlement was forty miles 
away. 

To the aliove-meulioncci settlement these pion- 
eei's had also to repair in order to gel their milling 
done, traveling laboriously' through the heavy tim- 
ber where scarcely a trail sometimes wasdiscernable. 
There was a little trading post at Perrysburg, about 
twelve miles distant, where dr^'-goods could be 
pr()ciired. They took up a portion of canal land, 
p.nying to the Government ^\.'2o per acre, and im- 
proved their farms with the aid of rude imple- 
ments. There their children were born and reared, 
and there all the grandparents died. The land 
which they thus reclaimed from the wilderness is 
now valued at over ?100 per acre. 

The subject of this sketch upon reaching man's 
estate was married in his native county, .Inly I, 
I8(j0, to Miss Amelia M.. daugliter of Michael and 
Fanny (Payne) .Moore. Six years later leaving the 
Uiickeye Stiite they came this side of the Missis- 
sippi, locating in Henton County, Iowa. Mr. North 
purchased land upon which he operated until the 
fall of 1871. His next removal was to this county 
and he pre-empte<l one hundred and sixty acres of 
land, a tract of wild prairie, which is now included 
in his pre.M'nl farm. In those days about a da\'s 



drive west there was found an abundance of buf- 
falo, and otiiei- wild animals infested the country. 
Occasionally a buffalo would be seen in Palestine 
Township. .Mr. North, with a company of his 
neighbors, frequently went hunting in the fall, kill- 
ing buffalo for their winter's meat, upon which the 
early settlers lived almost entirely. Deer and an- 
telopes were still numerous in this part of lliecoiiii- 
try. 

.Mr. North and his family, wlicn lirst coming to 
this county, lived for a time in a small, frame house. 
12x14 feet in dimensions. The nearest market was 
first at Newton and then at Wichita, where the set- 
tlers transported their grain and stock, following a 
trail across the open prairie. Religious services 
weie held in private houses, until the Methodist 
built !i church at IJellc Plaine. Schools were con- 
ducted in vacant-claim shanties on the subscription 
plan. 

Four children were lioru to .Mr. anil Mrs. North, 
the eldest of whom, a daughter. Emma, is now the 
wife of C. 15. McAllister, of ISello Plaine Town- 
ship; Ossie died in 187'J, when an interesting 
maiden of sixteen years; Alia and Daisy remain 
under the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. North and 
their daughter. Fmma. are members of the Pres- 
byterian Church. The family holds a good posi- 
tion in the conimniiity, and have an attr.active 
home replete with all the comforts aiul conve- 
niences of modern life. 




i^\ A.I. (JFORtiE W. DOIOHTV. Si;., Post- 
master of Dallon, was appointed to his 
present ollice in 188."), an<l is the only man 
who has been its incumbent since its estab- 
lishment. The following year, in February, 188t!, 
he was appointed a Notary I'ublic, and thus has 
sutllcient business to keep him cinployed. He came 
to this point in \XHI, and |uirchased twenty-five 
acres of land. n|)on which he proceeded to lay out 
a town, putting up first his own residence and a 
store building. The former was destroyed by (ire 
on the 'norning of the 20th of November, entailing 



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a loss of over $5,000. In due time, Mr. Doughty 
rebuilt, and now has a conofortable and well-ap- 
l)ointed Lome. Among liis fellow citizens he is i"e- 
garded as a man of strict honest}', and he has been ] 
no unimportant factor in the development of Avon - 
Township. 

A native of Roane Count}', Tenn., the Major was i 
born May 28, 1838, and was reared to man's estate 
under liie home roof in tliat county. His father, 
Sampson Doughty, was a carpenter by trade, which 
he followed for thirty years at Lenoirs, Tenn. 
George spent his boyhood daj^s in his native county, 
remaining there until a youth of nineteen years. 
Then going to Georgia, in company with his 
lirothers, he settled near Resaca, where he engaged 
in the manufacture of agricultural implements 
until ISGl. 

The Rebellion now having broken out, and being 
surrounded as he was by the most ultra secessionists 
from the very commencement of the strife, and be- 
ing one of the few men in the South who dared to 
express tbeir Union sentiments, lie at once became 
a target for all the fire-eating Southerners for miles 
around. For many months his life was a continual 
round of hair-breadth escapes and persecutions that 
would seem almost incredible if related at this day 
to those who did not witness, or have personal 
knowledge of, similar experiences during that ter- 
rible time when traitors sought to destroy tiie 
unity of the Nation. Going back to Tennessee, he 
joined the Union Army, being the only man from 
Gordon County, Ga., to enlist in the Federal forces. 
This was done in the month of March. 1863, 
young Doughty l3ecoming a member of the Thir- 
teenth Tennessee Cavalr}-. and being commissioned 
Major upon the organization of the regiment. He 
served .as such untd the lOtli of March, 186.5, when 
In resigned and returned to his native town to en- 
gage in the manufacture of leather. He sojourned 
there this time for seven years, tiien struck out for 
the Southwest, crossing the 3Iississippi, and going 
into l^ennisou, Tex. There lie engaged in the 
liglitning rod business for a period of twelve years 
and until coming to Kansfis. 

Maj. Doughty was married in Clinton, Tenn., 
January 21. 1868, to Miss Sallie Owen. This lady 
was a native of that place, and accompanied her 



husband to Texas, dying in Denison, November 
13, 1884. She was a lady of many estimable 
qualities, and a member of the Baptist Church. 

Maj. Doughty identified himself with the 
Masonic fraternity, in which he has risen to the 
Royal Arch degree, and he is a member in good 
standing of the Nathaniel Lyon Post, No. 5, G. A. 
R., at Dennison, Tex. In politics, he was formerly 
an Olil Line Whig, but upon the abandonment of 
that party, cordially endorsed Republican princi- 
ples. The Major, on the 19th of February, 1886, 
in alighting from a passenger train at Argentine, 
this State, on the Southern Kansas Railroad, was 
thrown down by the train, striking the steps and 
breaking his arm, which subsequenth' was ampu- 
tated. He also sustained other serious injuries. He 
is a man genial and companionable in disposition, 
and makes friends wherever he goes. His name 
will be held in remembrance by the people in Avon 
Township long after he has been gathered to his 
fathers. 



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OHN L. PEGRAM. In his migrations it is 
seldom the lot of the biographer to meet as 
fine a couple as Mr. Pegram and his amiable 
and excellent wife. They occuii}' a high 
position, sociall}', in Dixon Township and have a 
pleasant and comfortable home in the shape of a 
well-developed farm on section 8. A career of 
prudent industr}' has made them financially Wtll- 
to-do, and the sterling qualities of their characters, 
have drawn around them hosts of friends. They 
are among the pillars of the Methodist Episcop.il 
Church at Argonia in which Mrs. Pegram is .in 
especially faithful laborer, having charge of two 
classes in the Sunday-schools and doing good in 
other channels as opportunity presents. 

A native of Guilford Count}', N. C, Mr. Pegram 
was born April 28, 1844, being the fifth child of 
Daniel and .lane (McMichael) Pegram, who were 
also natives of that State. They were reared and 
married in their native county where tlie fatiier 
prosecuted farming, hiring colored people to do his 
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opposed to sliivcrj-, and would take no part in the 
ownership of liiinian flcsli. Politically, lie was an 
old line Whig, and nearly all his life was a Class 
Leader in the Methodist Episcopal C^hiirch. lie died 
in North Carolina in 1854. following the wife who 
had passed away the year previonsls'. Five of the 
eight children comprising the original honscliold 
are still living, the four besides .lolin L., making 
their homes in Tcx.is and North Carolina. 

The subject of this sketch, having become or- 
phaned by the death of his parents when a bo}' of 
eleven years, was obliged to look after himself and 
commenced working on a farm at ^<S per month. 
He was thus employed until a youth of eighteen 
years and then, in IHG2, during the second year of 
the war, was conscripted into Millett's Battalion 
of Infantry, State troops of the Confederate Army, 
and ineligible to go out of the State. He was thus 
held until June, 1864, much against his will, doing 
duly at Camp Instruction in Raleigh. Then, being 
allowed thirty days furlough, he w.as assigned to 
the Twenty-ninth North Carolina Infantry and un- 
der Gen. Joseph E. Johnston repaired to Kenesaw 
Mountain an<l for six ibiys was under the hot lire 
between the I'nion troops and the Confederates. 
Tiie latter then fell back to Atlanta, followed by 
den. Sherman. Young Pegram watched iiis oppor- 
tunity and escaping from the ranks hid in the brush 
until l)oth armies had passed him. leaving him in- 
side the I'nion lines upon which he soon reported 
to (u'li. Thomas. Shortly afterward he took the 
oath of allegiance at Chattanooga and remained 
with the I'nion troops until his release. 

After the war was over Mr. Pegram emigrated ' 
to Bartholomew County. Ind., and in the vicinity j 
of Mope, liegan working for a stockman. Shortly 
afterward, linwever. he removed to Tipton County, 
where he worked one season. We next (ind him at 
Kokomo, at which place he remained a resident for 
a period of twenty-one j-ears, being engaged as 
clerk in an hotel part of the time and for eleven 
years w.as in the employ of the Panhandle Railroad. 
In 1S)<1 he made a visit to his old home in North I 
Carolina. I'pon his return he located in Grant 
Ctiunty, Ind., where he commenced farming, re- 
maining there until 1887. In July of that year he 
came to Kansas and settled on the land from which [ 



he has since constructed his present line farm. In 
addition to general agriculture he is considerably 
interested in the breeding of horses and swine. 

While a resident of Indiana. Mr. Pegram formed 
the acquaintance of Miss Eliza J. Reeder, to whom 
he was married t)ctober 1, 1877. This lady was 
,born .September 18, 1849, in Howard County, Ind., 
and is a daughter of James M. and Jane (Bur- 
bridge) Reeder, who were natives of Ohio. Tlicy 
emigrated to Indiana quite earl}' and are still living 
being residents of Kokomo. They are quite aged. 
Mr. Reeder having been born in 180.j,and his wife. 
Jane, in 181i). There was born to them a family 
of nine children, three of whom are living. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Pegram there has been born 
one child only a son, Rephelius, August 1, 1878, at 
Kokomo. Ind. Parents and son are connected with 
the .Methodist Episcopal Church, in which .Mr. 
I'egram is Steward and Trustee. He is also Chap- 
lain of the Farmers' Alliance. He takes an active 
interest in politics, and while a resident of Indiana 
was frequently sent as a delegate to the various 
Republican conventions, uniformly giving his sup- 
[lort to this party. .Mr. Pegiam serves as Director 
in his school district. He w.as upon^one occasion 
nominated Justice of the Peace, but declined the 
proi)osed honor. "Mrs. IVgram comes from a good 
family, her maternal grandfather having been 
Judge William'Burbridgc, of Crawfordsville. Ind. 



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,^_^ ENRY F. IIARBAI GH. Among the agri- 
|i' ciilturists of Greene Township, none are 
more worthy of representation in a volume 
of this kiml than the above name<l gentle- 
man, whose enterprising character, intelligent mind, 
and useful labors in the te.ncher's profession, as 
well .as in the business which he is now following, 
lil.aces him in the front rank of the citizens of the 
county. He w.as born in Trenton, Tuscarawas 
County. Ohio, on the 1st of .Vugust. 1849. and was 
but three years old when his parents removed to 
Washington County, Iowa, where he grew to man 
hood. There he acquired a fundamental eilucation 



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in tlie common schools, supplementing' it by an at- 
tendance at the High School, and becoming 
thoroughly versed in the common English branches. 

The father of our subject, Eli Harbaugh, was a 
cabinet maker, and also carried on a farm, in the 
work of which our subject assisted as his strength 
would permit during his j'outh, and on which he 
labored several years after attaining his majorit}'. 
The mother, whose maiden name was Catherine 
Engel, departed this life April 2, 1K72, after hav- 
ing reared a family of eleven children, of whom 
our subject is the eldest. Fhe father still survives, 
and is now a resident of Barber County, Kan. 

At the age of twenty-five, he of whom we write, 
went to California with the intention of making 
that countrj- his home, but not being as well satis- 
fied with ills surroundings there as he had antici- 
pated, he remained but two years and eight 
months, when he returned to Washington County. 
Iowa, and there remained until he became a citizen 
of Kansas. In that county he taugiit school dur- 
ing the winter seasons for several j'ears, and also 
engaged in pedagogical labors during some of the 
summer terms. Since coming to this county he has 
taught two terms, and here, as in his former fields 
of labor, he has been successful in the work of in- 
struction, and has been popular with pupils and 
parents. 

In April, 1878, Mr. Harbaugh came to this 
county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres 
of land on section 20, Green Township, upon which 
he made his home, and where he now has one of the 
best improved farms in this section of the country. 
Since taking up liis abode here he has added one 
hundred and sixty acres to his original purchase, 
and has made excellent improvements on the entire 
estate, his residence, barn and other liuildings being 
especially good, adequate in size and numbers, and 
thoroughly first class in every respect. Mr. Har- 
baugh is engaged in general farming, and is quite 
an extensive dealer in stock, exliibiting a marked 
degree of enterprise in carrying on both branches 
of his empiojment. 

The lady who ably presides in the home of Mv. 
Harbaugh, and who in her domestic affairs and 
elsewhere exhibits good judgment, a kindl3' si)lrit, 
and a marked intelligence, bore the maiden name of 



Lizzie Blattner, and was born in AVashington 
County, Iowa, May 24. 1 857. In her native county, 
March 10. 1880, she became the wife of Mr. Har- 
baugii, to whom she has borne four children: 
Nellie M., George E., AVilliam G. and .John I'. 
William G. died when a little more than twelve 
months old, and the others form a bright group by 
tiie family fireside. 

In the fall of 1881), Mr. Harbaugh was elected 
Trustee of GrecneTawnshij), in which he has form- 
erly held the office of Township Clerk. He has 
also been a member of the Sciiool Board, and 
evinces an earnest interest in the cause of educa- 
tion, as in other elevating and developing move- 
ments. He has taken quite an active part in 
political affairs, and is an ardent Prohibitionist. 
He is a Director and Treasurer of the Sumner 
County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and 
is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Mrs. Har- 
baugh was ai)pointed Postmistress of Concord by 
ex Postmaster Gen. Gresham, and has held the 
office since that time. 






^p^OEORGE PFEIFER, the subject of this no- 
jll (=, tico, was born in Harrison Township, one 
V^Jj and one-half miles west of Dayton, Mont- 
gomery County, Ohio, March 30, 1849. His father, 
Adam Pfeifer, was born and reared in Germany, 
and was the first member of his family to emigrate 
to America. He came to this countrj- about the 
year 1840 and located in Montgomer}- Countj-, 
Ohio. As he liad been reared to agricultural pur- 
suits he sought that kind of work and labored for 
farmers for some time receiving his pay monthlj'. 
Being economical in his habits he saved enough 
from his wages to begin for himself at the time of 
his marriage. He rented land for a few j'cars but 
was soon enabled by good management and in- 
dustry to buy a farm of his own. He purchased 
unimproved land in Madison Township and built a 
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make all the improvements eustomarv :il tliat time 
on till' best fsiriiis. 

As Mr. I'feifer was .ihle ho bought small tracts 
adjoining his orijfinal piirchaso anil after some 
years traded the whole place for an improved farm 
in (lav Township, the same county, lie operated 
his new place some yeary then again traded, giving 
his /arm in excliange for fourteen miles of turn- 
pike extending from Da} ion to Brookvilic, and 
known as the "Dayton and Wolf Creek turnpike." 
lie retained possession of that pr()i)erty until his 
deatii. He also owned a house and lot in Trotwood, 
a village on the "pike," and that was the family 
residence at the time of his death in 186."). The 
maiden name of the mother of our subject was 
.Mary (irim. She was born in German}- and 
came to .\nierica when a young lady. She lived 
in Montgomery County, Ohio, initil her man-iage 
which look place in that State. The parental 
family consisted of nine children, six of whom 
were daughters. Tfcey are all living and enjoying 
a fair degree of prosperity. 

George Pfeifer was reared and educated in his 
native county and as soon as able to do so was put 
to work assisting his father on the farni. .\fter the 
<leath of the l:itter our subject worked on farms for 
some time then bought an interest in a threshing 
machine and threshed for farmers in the neighbor- 
hood for four seasons. When not engaged at that 
he fi)llowcd farming. In 187(1 he rented a farm 
and operated it until 187!l. when he removed to 
Kansas and icnted land in Harvey County for one 
year then located in .Sumner Count}'. He pur- 
chased the place where he now resides, the north- 
west quarter of section '2i>. Jackson Township. 
There were some slight improvements made when 
it came into his possession and to that he has added 
until now he has an excellent farm of one hundred 
and sixty acres all fenced, well cultivated anil good 
buildings erected. He has li\e acres in orchard 
trees and in all respects is pros[)erous and delighted 
with the country. 

In 187i! .Mr. I'feifer was married to Miss Minnie 
Wogaman, a native of Madison Township, Mont- 
gomery County, Ohio. She is the daughter of .Mar- 
tin and Kliza (Bradenhurg) Wogaman, and is an 
excellent woman in every respect. Mr. and Mrs. 



Pfeifer are the parents of three chiUlren, named 
respectively — Clarence. Lena and Harry. They arc 
worthy members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
Pfeifer u|)holds the principles of the great Demo 
cratic party and takes quite an interest in its 
success. 

Martin Wogaman, the father of Mrs. Pfeifer. 
was born in Montgomery County. Ohio, and his 
father, .lohn Wogaman, was a native of Pennsylva- 
nia, and removed from there with his |)arents to 
Ohio during the early years of the settlement of 
Montgomery County, and was reared in the county 
in which his parents located and there married Miss 
Mary Burkett. Mrs. .lohn Wogaman was a native 
of North Carolina and accompanied her parents to 
Ohio when quite young. The great-grandfather of 
Mrs. Pfeifer bought a tract of Government land 
nine miles west of the |)resent site of Dayton. It 
w.as heavil}' timbered and diflicult to clear but he 
succeeded in making a good farm out of it and re- 
sided on it until his death. For many 3'ears Cin- 
cinnati was their nearest market and depot of 
supplies. Deer, bears, wolves, wildcats and other 
game were plentiful and rather undesirable ac- 
quaintances except when laid low by the hunts- 
man's unerring aim. 

.lohn Wogaman inherited land from his father- 
in-law and added to it by purch.ise until he had 
quite an extensive estate. He resided on his farm 
until his death, which occurred in 188."J. when he 
was nearly eighty years of age. The father of Mrs. 
Pfeifer was reared on his parents' farm and when 
grown to maturity took a wife in the s:ime county 
and made his home on a farm in Jackson Township, 
Montgomery County, where he resides at present. 
He owns a good farm of one hundred and forty 
acres, all under superior cultivation and well im- 
proved in every respect. The mother of Mrs. 
Pfeifer was born in Dayton, Ohio. 

The grandfather of Mrs. Pfeifer, John Braden- 
hurg. removed from Maryland to Dayton where he 
Settled and worked at his trade, for he was a me- 
chanic, and made his home there during the 
remainder of his life. The maiden name of his 
wife w.as Mary .Sumaii. .She w;is a model wife and 
mother and her last d.ays were p.xssed in the peace- 
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motlier of Mis. Pfeifer has survived the storms of 
life to the i)reseiit time and bids fair to live to be a 
blessing to her descendants for man3' j^era-s to come. 
Ulr. Pfeifer is a stanch Democrat and highly es- 
teemed in the community in which he lives. He is 
a member of the Farmer's Alliance, an organization 
that has been of much service to the tillers of the 
soil, especial!}- in the West where means of trans- 
portation are limited. 



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<;i EREMIAH D. GREENMAN. The beauti- 
ful farm wliich is owned and occupied by 
the above-named gentleman, comprises three 
^/' hundred and twenty acres of the finest land 
in Caldwell Township. Everything about the place 
denotes the present prosperity and the past industr}- 
of the owner, and still further betokens that it is 
the home of an intelligout and refined family. 
Among the manj' improvements upon the estate 
a fine orchard is noticeable, and is a profitable as 
well as an attractive feature. 

The paternal ancestry of Mr. Greenmau were of 
Welsh stock aud Rhode Island was the birthplace 
of more than one generation. The grandparents. 
Jeremiah and Mary (Eddy) Greenman were natives 
of Providence, whence about the year 1808 the}- 
moved to Washington County, Ohio. The grand- 
father had been a seafaring man, served in the 
Colonial army during the Revolutionary war, and 
drew a pension for injuries received in the service. 
The next in the direct line of descent was another 
Jeremiah Greenman, who was also born in Provi- 
dence, R. L, his natal day being August 8, 1794. 
Being but a lad when his parents moved to Ohio, 
he orew to manhood there and, November 26, 1818, 
married Miss Letitia McCo}% who was born in 
AVashington County, June 26, ITStO. On June 1, 
1 830. thiscou pie started for the West, and, em barking 
in a family boat, floated down the Ohio River to its 
mouth, thence going by steamboat to Pekin.Ill., and 
continuing their journey by teams to what is now 
Waynesville,Ill. They shortlyaflerward entered two 
hundred acres of land in what is now Padua Town 



ship, McLean County, where Mr. Greenman died 
October 17, 1843, his wife surviving until Septem- 
ber 5, 1878. The father was interred in Dawson's 
Cemetery, at Old Town, JIcLean County. 111., while 
the mother lies buried in the cemetery on our sub- 
ject's farm. The}- were not members of any 
church but were remarkable for the integrity and 
correct i:)rinciples which governed their lives. 
Their family comprised nine children, as follows: 
Thomas M., Sarah E.. Emeline, Henr}- C, George 
W., Elizabeth J., Jeremiah D., INIary L. and a son 
who died in infancy. 

The birth of the subject of this biography oc- 
curred in McLean County, 111.. November 20, 1839, 
and he was reared on his father's farm there, re- 
ceiving a common school education and a pr.actical 
training in the duties of farm life. When the war 
cloud arose in 1861, no State was more prompt 
than Illinois to respond to the call for troops, and 
young Greenman with hundreds of his compeers 
eagerly laid aside the arts o£i peace and took up 
arms in his countrv's cause. Joining the Union 
army as a private in Company K, Eighth Illinois 
Infantry, in 1861, he participated in the battles of 
Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, .Shiloh, and in the other 
work of his regiment during a period of fourteen 
mouths, when, owing to disabilit}-, he was dis- 
charged. As soon as his health was restored, he 
began to look eagerly toward the front with a de- 
sire to again participate in the work wiiicli was 
going on, and in 1865 he enlisted as a mcmlier of 
C(mipany B, One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois In- 
fantry, in which he served until Februarj-, 1866, 
when he was disehargel at Atlanta, Ga. 

There being no further need of his services on 
the field of battle, Mr. Greenman returned to his 
native county in Illinois, and remained there until 
1876, when he removed to Kansas. He pre-empted 
one hundred and sixty acres of land and subse- 
quently added an equal amount by purchase, mak- 
ing up the acreage before mentioned, which he has 
so conducted as to merit his reputation as one of 
the leading farmers of the township. He began 
his battle in life with no capital except what nature 
had bestowed upon Uim, and his prosperity has 
been gained without financial assistance, being due 
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his worthy wife, who in her own ik|iMriiiu'iil has 
s^iiown ht'i'self :\ capiil)le manager. 

Mrs. Greennian was born in McLean County, 
III.. May 1, 1843, and bore the in:il(len name of 
Sarah K. \'anscyoo. She is a ilau<i:hler of I'erry 
(). and Mary (Newcomb) Vansc.voc anil her union 
with our subject was celebrated on Christmas Day. 
KS()3. Eight children have come to gladden the 
house of Mr. and Mrs. Graenman with their affec- 
tion and urrowinq: intelligence. Tliey have been 
(•Iiri.s1ene<l I'crry D.. Alvin II.. John I,.. Millie K., 
Mary C, Jeremiah M., Mary L.. an<i WilliMin L. 

Mr. (ireenman belongs to the Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows, the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, and to the Republican party. An honorable 
man. upright in hi.s dealings with all with whom he 
comes in contact, and kindly in every social and 
domestic relation, he well deserves the high reputa- 
tion which he has among his fellow citizens. 

An additional feature of interest to the readers 
of this volume is the lithograpliic view of the resi- 
dence owned and occupied liv Mr. (ireenman. 



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;ILLIS F. WILLIIOITK. M.l)., in addition 
to a successful practice as a pliysician and 
surgeon, is also conducting a thriving 
tra<le in drugs and medicines. lie is a i-egular 
graduate of the Physio-Medical College of Indian- 
apolis, Ind., from which he emerged in 1883 with 
the projjcr credentials, and began the p'.icticc of 
his profession at Colfax, III. A year later, in July. 
1881, he came to Kansas, locating in Corbin, of 
which he has since been a resident. He h.as a full 
understanding of the duties of his profession, and 
is building up a successful business. 

The subject of this notice w.as born in McLean 
County, III., January 5, 18.")'.), ami is the son of 
Lewis J. and Mary A. (Willlioite) Willhoite, who 
were natives of Owen Count}-, Ky. The father was 
born -Vpril 24, 182'.», and lived in the Blue Grass 
Slate unld a man of twenl3--live j'cars. In 1854, 
he change<i his residence to McLean County, III., 
where he still remains. His life occupation ha? 



been thai of a farmer, by which he has accuniiilati'd 
considerable proiwrty. For the last twenty live 
years he h.as been a member in gocxl standing of 
the Christian Church. Politically, he is an un- 
compromising Democrat. The paternal grandfather. 
Lewis Willhoite, Sr., was likewise a n.ntive of Ken- 
tucky, and the son of John Willhoite. who was 
born in Virginia. The latter served as a soldier in 
the Revolutionary War. The family traces its an- 
cestry to (iermany, and was first represenlefl in tiiis 
country during the early Colonial days. 

Mrs. Mary A. Willhoite w.as born April 27. 1829, 
and was the daughter of Willis C. Willhoite. being 
distantly related to herhusliand. There were born 
to them five childien. viz: Maria 1., Ilenrv L.. 
Willis F.. .Mary K. and Kills L. Willis F.. the third 
child, was reared on the fariu in .McLean County. 
III., obtaining such education as was afforded bv 
the common schools. When tnenty-one years old. 
he began reading medicine with Dr. N. Loar, of 
Bloomington, and in due time entered college, as 
before stated. I'nder the inllueneeof his Imnored 
father, he imbibed Democratic sentiments, and re- 
mains a .".rm adherent of that piity. Socially, he 
belongs to the Indeiiendenl Order of Odd Fellows, 
and in his religious views is, also like his father, a 
devout mend)er of the Christian Church. 

Dr. Willhoite was wedded February 23, I88li, to 
Miss Allie J. Slagner, of -McLean County, III. 
Mrs. Willhoite was born in that count\-, and is the 
daughter of John S. and .lulia ((iolden) Stagner. 
There have been born of this union two bright little 
daughters — Grace M. and Nona J. The family 
occujjy a neat residence situated in the south part 
of the town, and re[)resented by a lithographic 
view, to lie found on another page. 



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^' ES.SE BARNK.S. There are always in every 
eonimuniiy a few men evidently born to be 
li'aders. Those who attain the greatest in- 
1^2^ lluence arc the men who usuall}- pursue the 
oven tenor of their w:iy qtuetl}' and without os- 
tenUition. but still carrv with them the moral 



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suasion which causes theui to be looked up to and 
tacitly recognized as possessing the sound judgment 
which may be relied upon and the substantial trails 
of character which make them worthy of being as- 
signed to i)ositions of importance and lesponsibil- 
ity. 

The gentleman witii whose name we introduce 
tills l)iogra()hical outline, is not only a thriving 
farmer and business man of Avon Township, but 
has been no unimportant factor in promoting its 
social and moral interests. He is prominently con 
necled with the Methodist Episcopal Church and a 
faithful worlier in the church and Sunday-school. 
All the enterprises which tend to the moral ad- 
vancement of the people have uniformly received 
his cordial support. In politics he is a stanch Re- 
publican, although he has never sougiit offlce. but 
he keeps himself posted uiion the march of events 
and stands ready to do Ids dut)' whenever occasion 
requires it. 

A native of St. Clair County, III., Mr. Barnes 
was born June 29, 1829, and was reared there on 
his father's f.arm until reaching man's estate. He 
acquired a practical education in tlie common school 
and was content to engage in the peaceful pursuits 
of agriculture. He was first married in his native 
township in 1850 to Miss Louisa Davis and there 
were born to them seven children, viz: AVilliam J., 
Laura, ]\Iarcus, Etta, Franklin, Mary N., and Cor- 
rington. Mrs. Louisa (Davis) Barnes departed this 
life in Mercer County, 111., January 18, 1866. 

Mr. Barnes contracted a second marriage at the 
home of the bride in St. Clair County, III., with Miss 
Surah Myer. Of tliis union there has been born a 
daughter, .Jessie. From St. Clair County Mr. Barnes 
removed to Mercer County, III., and engaged in 
farming, sojourning there for a period of twelve 
years. Then, in November, 1876 he came to this 
county and settled in Avon Township of which he 
lias since been a resident. Ilis farm comprises one 
hundred and sixty acres of well-develope<l land 
upon which he has erected convenient and substan- 
tial buildings and gathered around himself and his 
fanrily all the comforts of modern life. There is 
not a man in Avon Township who stands higher in 
the estimation of his fellow-citizens. 

Joseph Barnes, the father of our subject, was a 



native of Kentucky[and received a^good education. 
He followed the profession of^a] teacher for man}' 
years and also prosecuted farming^snccessfull3^ He 
was a man highly resjiectcd in his community and 
departed thislife at_his home in Illinois in 1872. 
The maiden[[name of the rnother.was Elizabeth 
Ban y. 



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II _ of Belle Plaine, is a lineal descendant of an 
^^^J old New England family and the son of a 
wortli}^ couple who were born in New York. He is 
one of the best educated and most intelligent citi- 
zens of the county, has acquired a wide fund of 
information through his observation and investiga- 
tion in different parts of the United States, and has 
accumulated a large amount of property, his real 
estate and stocks being estimated at about $20,000. 

Mr. Persons was born in Wyomicg County, N. 
Y., March 13, 1847, and is the oldest son in the 
family of Solomon II. and Mary R. Persons. His 
father having been a farmer, he was reared amid 
the surroundings of rural life, receiving an ele- 
mentary education in a district school and later at- 
tending the Academy at East Aurora, N. Y. He 
engaged for a short time in teaching school, but 
spent the greater part of his time in the intervals 
of study in the work of the farm. When twenty- 
two years old he went to Nebraska and crossed the 
plains with a surveying party, spending jierhaps 
two years in the Western Wilds. 

Drifting baik as far as Ohio, Mr. Persons re- 
mained in that State until 1876, being in the era- 
ploy of the Lake Shore Railroad Company as a 
clerk at Genoa, about three years. During the Cen- 
tennial year he secured the position of chief clerk 
for the agent on the Sante Fe Railroad at Wichita. 
Ivan., and officiated in that capacity until the fall of 
1879, at which time he was appointed station agent 
at Wellington. He was the first agent the Sante. Fe 
Railroad had at that point and he remained in 
charge of affairs there until the summer of 1884, 
subsequentl}' to which he engaged in the drug busi- 
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(lucleii undi-r the firm name of F. H. Snyder &, Co., 
the eoiiiit'Ction continuing over a year, wiien Mr. 
Persons sold out liis interest and in tlie fall of IHHO 
came to IJelie Plaine. 

The firm of Fultz .Millard iVr Co., opened a hank- 
ing business here, which was conducted under that 
head for about three years, and then merged tein 
porariiy into the firm of C. R. Persons & Co. After 
having been conducted until October 1.5, 1881). by 
the above named firm, it was re-organized into the 
bank of Belle Plaine, K. T. Williamson becoming 
its President and the gentleman of whom we write 
its Cashier. The concern is dul^- incorporated under 
the laws of Kansas with a capital stock of $15,000, 
an ample reserve fund, and does a banking business 
consistent with the size of the town and the con- 
tributory territory. Mr. Persons is a heavy stock- 
holder iu the bank and he also owns property- in 
Wellington and a farm in Osborn Township. He 
served a term as Mayor of Wellington and since 
coming to liclle Plaine has become known as a pub- 
lic-spirited citizen. In politics he is a Democrat. 

On May 27, 1874. the rites of wedlock were 
celebrated between Mr. Persons and Miss Clara .S. 
Dean, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of 15. and 
Nancy Dean. ^Irs. Persons is an intelligent and 
well-bred lady, is a member in good standing of the 
Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and both she and her 
husband take an active interest in social matteis. 
They are popular in the ciicle in which they move 
and are regarded with respect by all who know 
them. 



JY (II IN (iOLIGIlTI.KV. Kan.sas has pn.vi.led 
Ij a home for representatives of the best na- 
|: tionalitics on the face of the eartli, including 
^__J/ old Kngland. from which Mr. Oolightley 
came in 1K7I. lie landed first at < Quebec, whence 
he I'roceeded to Wisconsin, but he only sojcjurned 
a few months in the Badgtr .State, coming then to 
Brown County, Kan. Of that counly he was a 
resident about five years and then removed to 
Harper County. After a sojourn there of one 
year he came to this county and workecl by the 



month for several years. He was prmlent and 
saved his earnings and in due time purchased one 
hundred and sixty acres on section .■«>, Harmon 
Township, of whicli he has since been a resident. 

Mr. (Jolightley was born in the Countyof Durham, 
Kngland. October 21, 18)(;. His parents were 
Robert and Jane Oolightley who came from pure 
English stock; they were born in Kngland and 
spent their last years there. The parental house- 
hold included nine children, eight of whom are 
living. 

The subject of this sketch attended the common 
schools <luring his boyhood and at an earl^' age was 
trained to habits of industry and economy. In his 
native Kngland he was employed mostly at farm- 
ing, living there until a young man of twenty-five 
years. After coming to Kansas he w,as married in 
Belle Plaine, September l.S, 188;5, to .Miss Klizabelh 
Johnson. This lady, a native of the Dominion of 
Canada, was born in the Province of Ontario in 
18.(2 and came with I{. Robertson to Kansjus about 
1882. Their union has resulted in the birth of two 
sons — Robert and CJeorge — aged si.x and four 
years respectively. Mr. Oolightley, politically, is 
a Republican. lie gives his chief attention to his 
farm and his family, caring very little for the 
honors of ollice. He lives in a modest manner in 
an unpretentious residence, but surrounded by the 
comforts of life. 



^^KORC.K R. STKKI.K w;.s born in Virginia. 
'l| ,=— . .lanuary 2.'>, l.s|!i. and is a son of KM and 
^^Jj Virginia (.Met luire) Steele. His father nas 
also a native of the Old Dominion, w.as a son of 
Ralph Steele, of Fairfax County, and was killed 
during the late vjir when lhirly-si.\ years of age. 

I He was a member of the Twent^'-Secor.d Cavalry 
Uegiment of X'irginia. Mrs. KM Steele w.as a ilauiih- 
ter of James ami Betsey (Brown) .Mctuiire, her 

I parents also being Virginians, ami she was the 
mother of three children — (leorge B., Ralph and 

, .Mary K. 

I The subject of this biography w.as reared on a 

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raon-school education. In 1872 he went to Cedar 
Count}-, Mo., and a little later changed his location 
to Wyandotte County, Kan., remaining in the lat- 
ter Count\- until 1876, following the occupation of 
a farmer. He then went to Bent County, Col., re- 
maining there until 1885, when he returned to 
Kansas, and located in Sumner County, where he 
lias since been actively engaged in farming, stock- 
raising and grain buying. He now resides at May- 
field, and is tilling the otllce of Trustee of Osborn 
Township. 

At the bride's home, January 20, 1876, the rites 
of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. Steele and 
Miss Rachael Bousman, whose many womanly vir- 
tues and graces had won his high esteem. The 
bride was born in Miami County, Ind., April 17, 
1857, and is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Hall) Bousman. The happy union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Steele has been blessed bj' the birth of six 
children — Nellie M., Maggie R.. P2dith CGeorgie 
C, and Hazel and Hiley (twins), who form a bright 
and charming group around tlie family fireside. 
The mother of our subject died in 1855, in Vir- 
ginia, leaving tliree children, whose names we give 
above. His father married again, in 1858, in Vir- 
ginia, to Miss Louisa Loekhart. daughter of John 
M. Lockliart. She became the mother of three 
children, named Charles W., James M. and Ilam- 
milton W. They are all living. 



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EBECCA R. WALLACE, one of the oldest 
pioneers of Belle Plaine Townsliip, came to 
■^\ this county in t!ie summer of 1874, and 
^P) purchased land, on which she still lives. It 
is located on section 11, comprises three hundred 
aii<l twenty acres, now in a fine state of cultivation 
and well improved, forming an estate remunerative 
anil attractive. There were but twenty acres of 
Inoken ground upon il when her settlement was 
made, and she and her boys have brouglit it to its 
present condition. She Ims witnessed the gradual 
development of the country from a sparsel}' settled 



and uncultivated region, into a productive and 
prosperous one, and during the years of its growth 
she and hers experienced some of the hardships in- 
cidental to their surroundings. 

Mrs. Wallace is still quite hale and hearty for a 
lady of her age, being somewhat advanced in years, 
as she was born March 19, 1821. She is a native 
of Bourbon Count}', Ky.,and a daughter of Hughes 
and Elizabeth (Payne) Bowles. Her parents were 
natives of Virginia, and the lineage on both sides is 
of French stock. Her father was twice married, 
and had a large family, of whom the following sur- 
vive: Anderson resides in Illinois; INIrs. Elizabeth 
Hall in the same State; Jlrs. Wallace; Julia, wife of 
P. J. Hawes, of Butl'er County, Kan.; David in 
Illinois; Jesse P., in Mulvane. Kan.: and William 
F., in Illinois. 

When she was about twelve years old the lad}- of 
whom we write accompanied her parents to DeWitt 
County, HI., where they were among the early set- 
tlers, and where they died. She received but 
meager educational advantages, but with a desire 
to become well informed, she has t,aken f.dvantage 
of the opportunities afforded her throughout her 
long life, and is very well versed on the general 
topics of the day. She grew to maturity in Illi- 
nois, and there, March 3, 1840, became the wife of 
Charles C. Wallace. Like herself he was a native 
of Bourbon County, Ky., born January 13, 1819, 
i to Andrew .and Hester (Campbell) Wall.nce, who, 
during his youth, removed to DeWitt County, III. 
Amid the pioneer scenes of that State he grew to 
manhood, and i-emained a resident there until his 
death, which took place in 1852. He was the father 
of four sons and daughters, three of whom are now- 
living. Of these Elizabeth is the wife of C. A. 
Steward: William R,, whose sketch occupies another 
page in this volume; and James D. resides in this 
county. The deceased child bore the name of 
Charles C. 

James D. Wallace, the youngest surviving mem- 
ber of the above family, was born in DeWitt 
County. 111., May 8, 1850, and was reared on a 
farm in his youth, and entered the regular army in 
his nineteenth year. His enlistment d.ated from 
February, 18G9, and he was a member of Company 
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of rccoiislriR'tion he iliil service in Texas; in the 
Indian Territor}' assislcil in keopin^j tiic red men 
in their ['lace on llie Reservalion, and di<l guard 
dal3' in \Vi<'hil:i in 1870. when there were but a 
few liundred peo[)le in that town. In 1870-71-72 
lie was stationed with his regiment at Ft. Hiley, # 
and was on duty in .Sumner t'ounty, preventing 
the Indians from leaving their lleservation. The - 
five years which is the Regular Army period of en- ' 
listment having expired, he wa.s discharged. Feli- , 
riiary I.t, 1874, at whicii time he held the rank of 
Sergeant-Major of the United .States Cavalry at Ft. 
Hays. lie had hcen a Sergeant with the escort 
party that accom|i.anied the Russian Grand Duke 
Alexis, over the plains during his buffalo hunt. 

I'pon leaving the serviceyouiig Wallace returned 
to his native State, and the following year became 
a resident of this county and .State. On the 1st of 
September, 1878, he was united in marriage with 
Miss Alma Epperson. For eight years he traveled 
as a salesman for the grocery house of Ridenour. 
Baker it Co.. of Kansas City. In i)olitics he is a 
strong Republican. 



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ff.y LHKRT MORRILL. He with whose name 
(J&Qtjf we introduce this biographical record, bore 
an im|)ortant part in the early settlement 
of Oxford Township, arriving here .as early 
as December. 1870. He filed a claim occupying a 
part of section 13, west of the Arkansas River and 
one-half mile south of Oxford Post-office. There 
was then not even a house to mark tiie site of the 
town. Wild game of all kinds was plentiful and a 
year or two after settling here Mr. Morrill pur- 
chased one hnnilred ami eighty-live ImtTalo hides 
at %1.50 per hide, tanned. His only neighbors were 
John and William Burnett with John's vvifn anil 
her mother who had preceded Mr. Moirill to this 
region that same year, settling one mile north. 
La Fayette, John and Perry Binkley, and John Hor- 
tfm traded with the Indians. 

M;-. Morrill made his way to this region from 
Webster County, Iowa, driving oTerland with a 



team and reaching his present location just atjniglit- 
fall. He occupied himself that, winter trading 
with the Indians and getting out timber for his first 
house. The nearest trading point was Kmporia 
and the nearest mail station, Winfield.and Wichita. 
The following winter Messrs. Morrill, Buckley, 
Corbin and Doyle, the^ latter a surveyor, laid out 
six blocks of Oxford, calling it Nepluwa, after an 
Indian Chief. In March following they sold their 
interest to a town company wlui changed the name 
and proceeded with its improvement. In the 
spring of 1871 a goodly number of emigrants 
came, crossing the Arkansas River in an ash "dug- 
out" belonging to Mr. Morrill & Co. The first 
prairie bo.at was built in the summer of 1871. 

After completing his first dwelling Mr. Morrill 
sent his son-in-law after his familj*. Mr. Morrill in 
the meantime having charge of the store which he 
had bought out. He then took up a tract of land 
which he supposed jto be two hundred acres in 
extent, but at the^survey there were found to be 
onl^' one hundretl and thirty-six acres. It lay in 
its primitive condition and Mr. Morrill broke the 
sod and first planted fifteen acres of corn of .as 
good quality as he has ever raised since. He 
planted fruit and forest trees and effected the usual 
improvements suggested to the enterprising and 
progressive f.armer. Later he eml)arked in stock- 
raising, bringing into this county the first Magee 
swine and with one exception being the first man to 
introduce this breed of swine into the State of 
Kan.sas. He continues to make a specialty of these 
ami has at the present time a heni of very fine 
animals. He hamlles thoroughbreds entirely. He 
lias invested his capital in additional land, having 
now a well develo|>ed farm — two hundred and six- 
teen acres in extent — and has erected a mure mi>d- 
crn dwelling near the first one. 

Mr. Morrill assisted in organizing school ilislrict 
No. 1, and was mainly instrumental in putting up 
their sclioolhouse. He also instituted the first 
Sunday-school, conducting the services in one place 
;ifler another as the houses were built up. He was 
the only man making a profession of religion at 
that lime in this region and conducted the first 
pr.ayer meeting, which was held in a "dug-out" 
He otticiated iis Sunday school .Superiuteiident and 



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had for his assistant hxter, Capt. John Folks, who 
was editor of the Oxford Press, the first paper 
published in this place. Mr. Morrill was tlien, as 
lie is now, a Methodist in religious belief and he 
assisted in organizing the first societ}' of this de- 
nomination in Oxford Township. The first man to 
preach for them was Rev. Mr. Perkins, a Presby- 
terian. Meetings for some time were held in 
sciioolhouses. Mr. Morrill officiated as Class- 
Leader and Steward for a period of fort}' years. 
In his pious labors he received tiie assistance of his 
devoleil wifeand latertheir four children alsobecame 
members of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
Morrill first voted with the old Whig partj'. but 
upon its ahandonnient identified himself with the 
Republicans. He belongs to the Farmers' Alliance 
in wliich he officiates as Chaplain at Oxford. 

The native place of Mr. INIorrill was at Napoli, 
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., wliere his !>irth took 
place May 1, 18-27. His father. Masten Morrill, 
was born at Danville near St. Johnsburg, Vt., Jan- 
uary 15, 1788. The latter was reared to manhood 
in his native place and was there married to Miss 
Sally Osborn. January 19, 181G, who was born 
near the earl}- home of her husband, October 1, 
179,'). The parents of Mr. Morrill lived together 
for the long period of nearly sixty years. JIasten 
Morrill was one of the early settlers of Olean. 
N. Y.. but the family of ten children, nine of whom 
lived to mature years, was reared in Cattaraugus 
County. In 1861 they removed to Illinois, settling 
at Leon, Whiteside County, where the parents 
spent their last days. Their remains were laid to 
rest in the little burying ground which Mr. Morrill 
instituted on his own farm for the settlers from New 
York State. Most of the family were buried 
there. The wife and mother departed this life 
December 2, 1877. JNIr. Morrill passed away 
Seiitembcr 22, 1882. He had been a professor of 
religion for many years. 

Arriving to man's estate in his native county, 
the subject of this notice was married ^larch 22, 
1848, to Miss Hannah Boardman. This union re- 
sulted in the birth of eight children, onl}' four of 
•whom are living: Cynthia L. became the wife of 
Pcriy Binkley, of Oxford; Charles M. is a practic- 
ing physician of Prophetstown, Whiteside Coimty. 



III.; Marion is occupied at farming in Sumner 
County. Kan.; Willard C. is a resident of Oxford 
Township. Mrs. Hannah Morrill, who was born 
August 27, 1828, at Napoli, Cattaraugus County, 
N. Y., departed this life at the homestead in Web- 
ster County, Iowa, February 14. ISfiG. 

The present wife of our subject to whom he was 
married in 18G6 was in her girlhood Miss Jemima 
Jadwin. This lady was born in Tuscarawas 
County, Ohio, December 1, 1844, and is the daugh- 
ter of Andrew and Mar}- Ann (Packer) Jadwin, 
who, when she was a child of six years left the 
Buckeye State, removing to Indiana. Locating in 
DeKalb Countv, Ind., thej- there spent the remain- 
der of their days. Their daughter. Jemima, sub- 
sequently went to Iowa w-here she lived until her 
marriage. Ten children, one deceased, have been 
born of this union. Those who arc living are 
named respectively: Ernest, John Delbert, Freder- 
ick, Minnie. Grace, Albert, Lettie, Alma and 
Flossie. 



/p^EORGE C. CARPENTER. Without making 
III ^-, any great pretensions to elegance, the home 
*^^^ of Mr. Carpenter, in point of solid comfort, 
is probably not excelled by any in his community. 
It lies in the shape of a w-cU-developed farm on 
section 1, Chikaskia Township, comprising one 
hundred and si.xty acres of choice land, improved 
with good buildings and su])plied with the neces- 
sary farm machinery. Besides stock-raising and 
general agriculture, JMr. Carpsnter makes a specialty 
of fruit-growing, having an orchard of seven hun- 
dred trees, including apple, peach, plum, cherry, 
apricot and nectarine. He takes a lively interest 
in politics, voting the straight Republican ticket 
and is a man of decided views, keeping himself 
thoroughly posted upon all the leading topics of 
the day. Of the seven children born to him and 
his estimable wife, five are living. Robert ^^ mar- 
ried Miss Frances \. Ward, is the father of two 
children and lives in Ryan Township; George B. 
married Miss Nancy DeMoss, and is also a resi- 
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c-liild; Cl:ua B. is the wife of .Iusi'i)li L. Kuarns, of 
CIiilvMskia Towiislii|). aiil llicy liave two fliililren; 
Ira \V. and Marv K. ri'iiiain willi tlifir parcnls. 

riu' youngest in a family of oiglit children. Mr. 
C'ar|K'nter was hoin December 1. 1S3:{. in Warren 
(,'oniily. Ohio, where lie acquired the rudlraents 
of a common-school education. lie commenced 
llic Ijatlle of life for himself when a lad of (ifteen 
year.*, in the .State of Imliana, lo which his parents 
renio\ ed when he was less than two years old, con- 
tiriuinir in the agricultural districts of the lloosier 
Slate, until 18.">7. That year he removed to Ai)pa- 
noose Count}'. Iowa, of which be was a resident for 
a [)eriod of nineteen years. In \X~6 he changed his 
residence to Monroe Count}', Mo., where he so- 
journed four years. His next removal, made in 
\M0. was to this county and to his present farm. 

Mr. Car|)cnter, in the meantime, wiiile a resident 
of Indiana, was married September 4, 1856, in Rip- 
ley County, to Miss Nancy, daughter of Reiijamin 
and Nancy (Kunkhauscr) Kasler. .Mrs. Carpenter 
was the seventh child of her parent.s and was horn 
ill Ripley County. Ind.. Kebinarj' !•, 1837, being one 
of fourteen children. Her parents were natives of 
Pennsylvania and resided there until 1828. going 
thence to Indiana. The father died at the old 
homestead in Ripley County, in 1854. The mother 
subsequently remarried and spent her last daj's in 
Lucas County. Iowa, passing away in February. 
1 885. 

During the progress of the Civil War. Mr. Car- 
penter in July. IHfJ'i. enlisted as a I'nion soldier in 
Company F. Thirtj' si.xth Iowa Infantry, and was 
lirst sent with his regiment to Camp Lincoln, Iowa, 
and then to Henton Barracks. Mo. Thence they 
were ordered to Memphis, Tenn., becoming a part 
of the Sixteenth Army Corps under Cen. Hurlbul. 
Later they wore assigned to the .Seventh Corps\ 
commanded by Gen. F. .Steele. Mr. Carpenter 
partici|)aled in the bombardment of Ft. Pemberton 
and was in the battle of Helena. Ark., at the ca|i- 
ture of Little Rock and I'rairie De Ann, in thi 
fight at Elkiii's Ford, Mark's Mill and numerous 
other engagements, skirmishes and raids. .\l the 
battle of .ALark's Mill he received a gunshot wound 
in the left jaw, the ball entering the left corner of 
his moulli and passing through his neck came out 



behind the jugular vein, breaking his jawbone in 
three places and taking off a piece of his tongue. 
After this he was considered fully entitled to an 
honorable discharge, n'hieh was given him October 
24, 18<)4. Willi good care and skillful treatment 
he recovered from this painful injury and in the 
course of a few months w.as enabled to resume bis 
farming operations. The improvements upon his 
farm have all been effected by his own enterprise 
and industry. Ninety acres of his farm arc under 
the plow and each year sees something adde<l to its 
beauty antl value. The present rcsidi-nce was 
erected in 1881. 

The father of our subject was (Jeorge Carpenter, 
Sr., a native of Virginia, who. in 1800, removed to 
what was then the Territory of Ohio, settling near 
the present site of Cincinnati, which was then des- 
ignated .as Ft. Washington, at Wayncsville, Warren 
County. He commenced farming in the wilder- 
ness, sojourning in what subsequently was named 
the Buckeye State until 1835. That year he re- 
niove<l lo Indiana where he prosecuted .agriculture 
until his <lcath in 1S50. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
of Susan Cozad. She w:is a native of Maryland 
and was taken by her parents to ( Hiio when quite 
young where she met her future husband. There 
were born to them eight children, six of whom arc 
living. The mother departed this life in Indiana, 
in 1874. Mr. Carpenter, of this sketch identilied 
himself with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
in Iowa, with which he still holds membershi|i. He 
also belongs to the Orange and Corbin Post No. 
42G, G. A. R. at Corbin, in which he has held the 
oflices of Surgeon and Junior Vice-Commander. 






.AMKL W. liFNToN. The subject of 

this biograiihy was born in Pickaway 

County. Ohio. August 10, 183-2. He is a 

son of Klias Benton, wIk» was born in 

Litehfie!(L Conn.. August "J, 1795. Daniel Benton, 

the grandfather of our subject, was Iwirn in Con- 




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necticut, September 12, 1764. His wife was Mav- 
gerj' Frisbee, and their marriage was celebrated in 
1789. His father, the great-grandfather of our 
subject, was Nathaniel Benton, a native of Connec- 
ticut, where he was born August 25, 1726, and was 
united in marriage to Miss Abigail Gillett. He 
settled in Litchfield, Conn., during Colonial times, 
where he followed the occupation of a farmer. He 
died in that town in 1 800, and was followed to the 
silent land by his wife some ten or twelve years 
later. Daniel Benton was reared in his native 
place, and resided there till 1821, when he started 
with his family for the far West, as Oliio was then 
called, and journeyed with a team to that State, 
and located at Somerset, Ohio. They crossed the 
Ohio River at AVilksburg, Va.,on the 1st of August 
of that year. As soon as the family was fairly 
well established in their new home, Mr. Benton re- 
turned in the same yeav to Connecticut to finish 
some important business that it had been found im- 
possible to transact before leaving that State. On 
his way back to Ohio to the waiting family he was 
stricken by a mortal disease, and died in the town 
of Harmon}-, N. J., where his remains were interred. 
His wife survived till the year 1835. when she too, 
paid the debt of nature and lies quietly sleeping in 
the Salem ciiurchj-ard in Picivaway Township. 

Elias Benton was reared in his native town and 
received a liberal education in the common schools 
of the place. He took the Freeman's oath while a 
resident of Connecticut, and in 1821, accompanied 
his parents to Ohio. After the death of the father, 
he took up a tract of timbered land in Pickaway 
County, upon which he put up a log cabin, which 
was afterwards the birthplace of the subject of this 
sketch. The cabin, according to the fashion of the 
time, was built with a large fireplace, and as Mrs. 
Benton had no stove, she performed all cooking 
operations b}- the open fire. Rail-roads were an 
unthought of possibility in that section at that 
time, and for many years the farmers hauled their 
produce to the river towns, where the}' exchanged 
tiiem for cash, or, most likel}^ for goods of some 
description. Upon one occasion, Mr. Elias Benton 
had his wheat made into flour, and in company 
with a neighbor, built a flat-boat on the Sciota 
River, and by tliat means, transported the flour to 



New Orleans, where, after waiting six months, thej" 
received their jjayment of 35 cents per bushel. 

In a few years tlie log cabin in which Mr. E. 
Benton began housekeeping, gave place to a small 
frame dwelling, where the family lived a few more 
years, then it in turn gave way to the present sub- 
stantial structure of brick. The residence of Mr. 
Benton was the first brick dwelling to be erected 
in Piclcaway Township. He lived there many 
years, and reared his family in habits of industry 
and economy. He spent his last daj'S in Hardin 
County, Ohio. His death occurred on the 18th of 
May. 1886. He had lived to see Ohio develop 
from a wilderness to a well-settled and wealth}' 
country. It was his good fortune to be present at 
the ceremonies attendant upon the commencement 
of the Ohio canal, when the first spadeful of earth 
was lifted at Licking Summit, July 4, 1825, in the 
presence of the Governor, Dc "Witt Clinton, and 
many others of note in the State. It was a gala 
day for Ohio, and a time long to be remembered by 
those present on the occasion. 

E^li.as Benton was thrice married: his first wife 
was Rosanna Cherry, to whom he was united June 
20, 1820. After her death he again married, his 
second wife being Elizabeth Johnson Caldwell, who 
was born June 12, 1797, and died May 7, 1865. 
Their marriage was celebrated January 20, 1823, 
and the union resulted in the birth of six children, 
as follows: Orlando was born July 7, 1826, and 
died October 17, 1852; William Johnson, March 
6, 1828, died December 25, 1833; Maria Jane, born 
April 19, 1830, married Joseph Wright, November 
9, 1852, and died November 18. 1860; Daniel W., 
the subject of this sketch; Almira, born February 
11, 1834, died March 25. 1853; Sarah Ellen, born 
May 22, 1838, married John Saylor, November 13, 
1856. On the 12th of February, 1867, Mr. Benton 
was married tlie third time, the lady being Mrs. 
Catherine Cherry. 

As stated before, Mr. Benton received a good edu- 
cation and was a man of literary tastes. He fre- 
quently employed his pen on articles for the news- 
papers, also in writing a history of the Benton family, 
which latter work was published in book form in 
1878, when the author was eighty-three years old, 
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are indebted to it for the principal portion of the 
facts herein recorded. One of the stories related 
in the book just mentioned, reveals one of the curi- 
ous laws passed by the Stale of Connecticut in the 
early days of its iiistor}'. The Legislature enacted 
a law to the effect that every taxable person not 
identified with any church, should be assessed a 
certain amount for the support of the Congrega- 
tional church, to which most of the legislators be- 
longed. The la.v had the effect of making many 
non-church members hasten to one or other of the 
various religious bodies, where they signed them- 
selves as members, by which means tliey escaped 
paying the tax. The Methodists and Episeopals 
received man}' additions to tiieir numbers in that 
way. One day Daniel Benton, upon his arrival 
home, announced the fact that he had tbat day 
signed iiiraself as a member of the Protestant Epis- 
copal church, and slated that tliey would thereafter 
attend the services of that denomination. In that 
manner it transpired that the father of our subject 
was reared a Protestant Episcopal. Mr. Benton 
also states in his book that the public school teach- 
ers were obliged to teach the catechism in the dail}' 
sessions of school, but were permitted to teach the 
one that was desired b}' the parents of the pupils. 
Politically, Mr. Benton was a AVhig, and always 
took an active interest in the affairs of the countrj'. 
He served many years as Justice of the Peace, and 
enjoyed the esteem of his neighbors and friends. 
He was an extensive and judicious reader, delight- 
ing i)rincipally in historical works, and his retentive 
memory enabled him to lay up a large fund of 
valuable and interesting knowledge. His mental 
faculties were preserved unimpaired to the da}- of 
his demise. 

The subject of this sketch was reared in his 
native State, and resided with his parents until 
after his marriage. In 1856, he removed to Hardin 
County, where he bought a farm and made his 
home till 1887, when he emigrated lo Kansas. He 
located at Ft. Scott, where he bought city property, 
and also purchased farm land in the neighborhood. 
He made his home in that city until 1889, when he 
disposed of a portion of his interests in that place, 
and removed to Wellington and purchased the farm 
which is his home ul present. He h:i.s two hundred 



and forty acres of fine land adjoining the city of 
Wellington, upon which are a superior set of frame 
buildings adapted to all the wants of a farm carried 
on in accordance with the best methods employed 
in modern agriculture. In addition to tlie farm 
just mentioned, Mr. Benton owns three hundred 
and twenty acres in Harmon Township. 

The marriage of our subject took place Septem- 
ber 18, 1855, the lady of his choice Ijeing Miss 
Harriet JIaria Wharton. ^Mrs. Benton was born in 
Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, February 9, 1836. 
Her father. Rev. Henry Wiiarton, was a native of 
Clermont County, Ohio, and his father, John Whar- 
ton, was a native of Virginia, of English ancestry. 
John Wharton was a pioneer of Clermont County, 
where he improved a large farm, and passed the re- 
mainder of his days in the State of his adoption. 
His wife was Eleanor (Salts) Wharton, a native of 
Virginia, of English ancestry. The father of Mrs. 
Benton was reared in his native count}', and when 
quite young professed conversion and united with 
the Methodist Episcopal church of that place. In 
1834 he was admitted to the Ohio Conference as a 
preacher, and from that time forward was an active 
and cfHcient worker in the ranks of the ministry of 
that denomination. His field of service extended 
to many different points within the bounds of tlie 
Conference, but at all places he was highly esteemed 
for his eminent piety and superior pulpit ability. 
His death occurred in 1864, when he was sixty 
years of age. His wife was Sarah (Winters) Whar- 
ton, a native of the same county as her husband. 
The father of Mrs. Wiiarton, William Winters, was 
of Welsh ancestry. He was a farmer by occupa- 
tion, and followed that calling throughout his life. 
His wife was Nancy (Carr) Wharton, an estimable 
woman who performed all the duties of life in a 
manner pleasing lo her family, and in accordance 
with the dictates of her conscience. 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Benton have had six 
children born unto them, as follows: Henry W.,an 
attorney at Minneapolis, Minn.; Guy Potter, 
Principal of the Ft. Scott Public Schools; Clarence 
and Eva are students at AVinfield College, south- 
western Kansas; ^Lary and .Marguerite are at home. 
The entire family, except Henry and his wife, are 
members in gu( d repute in the Methodist Episco- 



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pal Cliurch, South. Henry and wife are members 
of the Presbyteri.an church. Mr. Benton is an ar- 
dent Rei)ul)lic.'!n in politics, and a strict temperance 
man in [iractice and principle. 



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^/AMES L. M. STRANGE. The subject of 
this notice first struck Kansas soil in tlie fall 
of 1881, locating first on a rented farm in 
Cowley County. Two years later he came 
to this county and purchased the lund which he 
now owns and operates, this embracing one hundred 
and sixty acres on section 11. It was orioinally 
an open prairie with no ini|)rovements, but by the 
exercise of industry Mr. Stranjje is now in the 
possession of a good homestead, with his land all 
fenced, provided with substantial buildings and in- 
dicating at all points the intelligence and progress 
of the proinietor. The most of the land is devoted 
to tiie raising of wheal, with the exception of ten 
acres in pasture. 

The subject of tliis notice was born in Adair 
County, Ky., October 23, 1839, and is the son of 
William Strange, likewise a native of the Blue 
Grass State within whicii he spent his entire life. 
He was cut down in his prime, however, dying in 
1846, at the early age of about thirty-five years. 
The i)aterna! grandfather was Archelus Strange, a 
native of A'irginia, and wlio was married there to 
Miss Elizabeth Coffee. Soon afterward they re- 
moved to North Carolina and from there to Adair 
County, Ky., where they spent their last days. 
There were born to them twelve children, viz.: 
Clay borne, Louis, Abram, William, the father of 
our subject, Archelus, Levi, Larkin, Elizabeth, 
Betsey, Polly. Wenston and Ellen. Elizabetli, 
Clayborne and Wenston are the only survivors, 
they being residents of Arkansas and Kentucky. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Uamarius Davis; she was born in Adair 
County, K)-., and with her family of five children, 
after her husband's death, removed to Warren 
County, K}., where James L. M. was reared on a 
farm. Our subject obtained such education as the 



common s'chools afiforded and when reaching man's 
estate was wedded to Miss Sarah J., daughter of 
Ran.som and Lettie (Bevil) Conklin. Mrs. Strange 
was likewise a native of the Blue Grass State. Of 
her union with our subject there were born eight 
children, the eldest of whom, a daughter Lillie, is 
the wife of W. A. Hiser of South Haven Township; 
Elmeta V. married JI. H. Elliott and lives in South 
Haven, Kan.; AVilliam R., Molly B., Tandy W., 
Nannie D., James L. W., and Sally, remain at home 
with their parents. INIr. and Mrs. Strange are con- 
sistent members of the Christian Ciuirch at South 
Haven, and Mr. Strange belongs to Loilge No. 336, 
A. F. ife A. M. .at Smith's Grove, Ky. 

The fatlier of Mrs. Strange was born in Tennes- 
see and her mother in Virginia. Thej' came to 
Kansas in the fall of 1881, locating, like Mr. 
Strange, in Cowley County where they still live. 
Grandfather Howell Bevil a native of Virginia, 
removed to Kentaci<y at an early day aud there 
spent the remainder of his life. 



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^/OHN C. THRAILKILL, of Wellington, is 
successfully engaged in the grocery trade, 
iiaving a thriving business located on Nortii 
(^^' Washington Street. He is one of the old 
settlers, having come to this region in March, 1872, 
when the present flourishing cit3r was a village of 
probably five hundred souls. He has grown witli 
itsgrowtli and contributed materially to its welfare 
and advancement. 

The subject of tliis sketch was born in Trenton. 
Grundy County, Mo., May 18, 1844, and when a 
child two j'ears of age, was taken by his parents to 
Andrew County, that State, where he grew to ma- 
turity-. He was given a fair education in tlie com- 
mon schools, and when starting out for himself en- 
gaged in the mercantile business at East Nebraska 
City, Iowa, where he .sojourned from 1867 to 1872. 
Then, selling out, he came to Kansas, and lias since 
been a resident of Wellington. Prior to his settle- 
ment in East Nebraska, however, he had been to 
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Belle Plaine, wliic-li he proved np, obtaining his 
clear title. He established himself in tlie grocer}' 
bu-slness at Wellington in 1 877, prosecuting this 
until 1883. Then selling out, he embarked in the 
live stock business, and was thus occupied until 
1889, bu^-ing and feeding. He is now in the en- 
joyment of a lucrative trade, and occupies a well- 
equipped store, keeping a full line of all the goods 
pertaining to his business. Although meddling 
very little with polities, he usuallj' votes the Demo- 
cratic ticket, and he belongs to the Masonic fra- 
ternity. 

Mr. ThrailkiU was married in Nebraska City. 
Neb., April 13th, 1876, to Miss Jonnie Cockrill, a 
native of Kentucky, and who removed with her 
parents to Western Iowa when a child. Her father, 
.1. B. Cockrill, engaged In the mercantile business, 
and died June 5, 1887. in Wellington, Kan. The 
mother is still living, making her home in Welling- 
ton. Our subject and his estimable wife are the 
parents of three children, namelj', Clyde, Lee and 
Ray. 

The subject of this sketch was the son of .Ioh:i 
ThrailkiU, a native of Tennessee, aiid who married 
Miss Emily Moore. They first removed to Mis- 
souri, where the father engaged in mining, and 
then in merchandising. He died in Missouri in 
August, 1854. The mother died October 11, 1888, 
at .St. Joseph, Mo. 



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ROBERT J. SMITH, dealer in agricultural 
implements and also engaged in the real- 
(ii ^l\ estate and loan business at Wellington, 
came to the city in 1883 and has made for 
himself the reputation of an honest man and a good 
citizen. His native place was Brown County, Ohio, 
and the date of his birth February 18. 1839. His 
boyhood and 3'outh were spent in a comparatively 
vineventfnl manner in attendance at the district 
school, and he afterward served an apprenticeship 
as a tanner, harness-maker and in the saddlery busi- 
ness. LTpon the outbreak of the Civil War he 
enlisteil as a Union soldier in August, 1861. in 



Company A, Seventieth Ohio Infantry. Ills regi- 
ment was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee 
under the command of Gen. Sherman. Mr. Smith 
participated with his comrades in the battles of Shi- 
loh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson and Rlission 
Ridge, besides other minor engagements. At the 
expiration of his term of enlistment he repaired to 
Knoxville. Tenn., but immediately returned and 
re-enlisted, in January, 18G4, in the same company 
and regiment. 

Soon afterward followed the siege of Atlanta and 
the Fifteenth Army Corps, of which Mr. Smith was 
a member, started for Savannaii, Ga., and joined in 
the famous march to the sea. During this trying 
journey Mr. Smith did not ride one hour. He par- 
ticipated in the charge of Ft. McAllister under 
Gen. Ilazen, and thereafter fought at Columbia, and 
RoUa. His division was then sent to Little Rock, 
Ark., and at the close of the war he was mustered 
out at Camp Denison, Ohio. He was never too 
ill to report for duty, never in the guard house and 
never captured or wounded, although experiencing 
some hair-breadth escapes. He likewise never 
missed a l)attle or skirmish in which his regiment 
was engaged. 

Upon returning to the pursuits of civil life Mr. 
Smith engaged in harness-making at his father's old 
stand in Decatur, Ohio, where he lived until com- 
ing to Kansas. On January 1 1, 1869, he was married, 
in Adams County, Ohio, to Miss Lina McClung. 
This lady was born in that county in August, 1841, 
and is the daughter of James McClung, an Adams 
County farmer, who is now deceased. The four 
children born of this union are still living and at 
home with their parents, bearing the names, re- 
spectively, of Frederick M., Herschel B., Robert 
Charles and Nora. They are being carefull}- trained 
and will be given good educational advantages. 
Mr. Smith, politically, is a Republican, and in his 
religious views sides with the doctrines of the 
Presbyterian Church, being connected with this 
church at Wellington. He also belongs to the 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

The father of our subject was John S. Smith, who 
was born in Washington Countj-, Pa., in 1813. He 
removed to Ohio at an early day was there married 
to Miss Ruth Simpson, He engaged in harness- 



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making and sadclleiy at Decatur, that State, and 
with his estimable wife is still living. The latter 
is now seventy three years old and a member of 
the United Presbyterian Church. 



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VV 



\f, OHN AV. CHAPMAN. This gentleman is 
well worth}- of representation in this vol- 
ume, not simplj' on account of his financial 
prosperity and as the owner of a beautiful 
farm in ValYerde Township, but as a loyal, intelli- 
gent and upright citizen, useful in his day and gen- 
eration, and a living example of worth of character. 

Mr. Chapman is of Southern parentage and cn- 
ceslrv. and is a worthj'- descendant of an honored 
line in America, the earh" members of the familj^ 
having settled in Yiigiuiaon their emigration from 
England. The paternal grandfather was one Dan- 
iel Chapman, of North Carolina, and in that State 
Thomas Chapman, the father of our subject, was 
born in 1803. Daniel Chapman removed with his 
family to Robertson County, Tenn., when his son 
Thomas was but a lad, and there the bo}' grew to 
maturitj% making that his home until 1840. He 
married Miss Rachael Garrison, wlio was born in 
Tennessee aliout the year 1802, and who died in 
Marion County, 111., in 1846. about six years after 
she and her husband took up their residence there. 
Thomas Ciiapman spent his life in the pursuit of 
agriculture, and was in easy circumstances. He 
served in the Black HawkWar and also in the Florida 
War of 1836. He was a member of the Alelhodist 
Episcopal Church for many years before his death, 
wliichtook place in 1874. The old gentleman. father 
of our subject, enlisted during the War of the Re- 
bellion, notwithstanding his advanced age, and was 
discharged on account of his inabilitj- to endure 
tlie hardships. The parental familj* comprised nine 
sons and daughters, namely : Jane E., Susan E., 
Richard M.. Marj', Nancy. .Sarah. John W., Dan- 
iel W. and Louisa. Susan E. is now deceased. 

The gentleman of whom we write w.as born in 
Robertson County, Tenn. .October 23, 1837, and was 
reared on his father's farm in Marion Countv. T)l., 



acquiring an excellent common-school education. 
He had been taught to love his country as a sister- 
hood which should be unbroken, and upon the 
breaking out of the Civil War he took his place in 
the ranks of the Union army, entering the service 
in 1861. as principal musician of the Fortietli Illi- 
nois Infantry, in which capacity he served the term 
of his enlistment, three 3'ears. He not only was 
present during many minor engagements and 
cheered his comrades on weary marclies, and in the 
waiting hours in camp, but participated in the 
noted battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jack- 
son, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionar}' 
Ridge, Siege of Knoxville and all of the haid- 
fought conflicts of the Georgia campaign. 

At Atlanta, Ga., in August, 1864, Mr. Chapman 
was honorably* discharged and he then returned to 
Marion County, III., making tliat hi.s home until 
1882, when he removed to Sumner County, Kan. 
He purchased land and entered upon the life of a 
Kans.as farmer, adding to his acreage and improving 
the estate until it reached its present state of high 
cultivation and development. He now owns three 
iiundred and twenty acres, lying on sections 5 and 
9, ValYerde Township, on whicii is an excellent 
residence, good barns, a fine orchard of several 
acres, and other minor improvements which every 
enterprising and progressive farmer m.akes. Jlr. 
Chapman is giving his entire attention to the stock 
business and to tilling the soil, and is proving sue 
cessful in his enterprise. 

On Marcli 11, 1857, tlie marriage ceremony was 
performed which united Mr. Chapman and INIiss 
Margaret Rogers, of ;\Larion County, 111. The 
young and charming bride was born in Mississippi. 
January 18, 1840, and lived to make a happy home 
until April 18, 1870, when she breathed her last. 
The union resulted in the birtli of five children: 
W^ilber C, Fannie G., Ruth G., Laura L.. and an in- 
fant that died unnamed. 

Mr. (Jliapman was again married September 1 1 . 
1870, the lady with whom he was united being Mrs. 
Abigail Massey, who was born in Clay County, 111., 
in 1837, and died May 4, 1878. Mrs. Abigail 
Chapman bore her husband five children — Aaron 
C. Fred 'SI., Bertha A., Merida W. and Flora M. 
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liance December 5, 1878, his companion being Miss 
Lida A. .Songer, of Clay ConuUr, 111., who was born 
there August 13, 1851. This union h.is been blessed 
by the birth of six children: Pearl, John R. For- 
est A., Bessie J., Dals^- F. and D wight L.; the last 
two are twins. 

Mr. Cluipman belongs to the F'armers' Alliance, 
and to the Masonic fraternity. He gives his polit- 
ical support to the Republican party. He is a 
member in good standing of the Tnited Brethren 
Church. 



W ANCKLOT -JOHNSON. The pioneer his- 
I (@ ^'-"y ^^ Sumner County and the men who 
jLA\^ were instrumental in its early growth and 
development forms a most interesting story which 
will not part with anj' of its importance as time 
rolls OH. Among those who came to this region 
nearly a score of years ago and who battled with 
dangers and difficulties was Mr. .Tohnson, who is 
now looked upon as one of its most honored resi- 
dents. He established himself on section 6, Ox- 
ford Township, on the '28tli of May, 1871, taking 
up from the iiovernment the quarter section which 
he now owns. He put his stakes in front of his 
present residence at a time when the now flourish- 
ing town of Oxford had just been iai<l out and con- 
tained one small store conducted by Mr. P. 
Binley. The latter purchased furs from the In- 
dians and made a precarious living as best he 
could. There were no improvements, whatever, 
on the uplands and but one shanty between Oxford 
and Mr. Johnson's claim. 

.Soon after Mr. Johnson selected his location he 
was joined by two neighbors; in fact, fourteen 
claims were taken in one day by a delega- 
tion from Iowa In those daj's there was a com- 
munity of feeling among the pioneers which led 
them to take an interest in each other's welfare and 
very soon all were not only acquaintances but 
friends. Mr. Johnson proceeded with the im- 
provements of his propert}', breaking the sod and 
putting in a full crop that same year. He filed his 
claim at Augusta and obtained his outfit for farm- 



ing at Indoijondence. and for building purposes 
made his lumber from cottonvvood. At first he was 
obliged to haul water from Oxford. The neighbors 
joined together in obta'ning water, one going at 
one time and another the next. The onl^' ladies in 
the colony was Miss Cordie, liie daughter of Mr. 
Johnson, and Mrs. Frank Evans. The ladies were 
sheltered in a tent while the men lived in their 
wagons, the camp being on the present farm of Mr. 
Carpenter. 

The first shanty of the colony, a structure twelve 
feet square, was put up by Mr. Johnson and within 
it Mr. J(.hnson and family lived for two summers. 
In the winter Blr. Johnson and his daughter re- 
paired to Independence. 

On the 1st of January, 1872, Mr. Johnson re- 
moved his wife and family to this jjlace and then 
proceeded with the improvement of his property 
until 1879. He then embarked in sheep-raising, 
transferrixig the scene of his operations to Meagher 
County, Mont. In that region he took another 
claim, reraainiug on it until proving up, then sold 
it and returned to Kansas and sojourned upon his 
his farm until 1884. Upon the latter Mr. Johnson 
had planted a good grove and set out quantities of 
hedge for fencing. After prosecuting general agri- 
culture he became interested in stock-raising and 
in this, as vtith the other, was uniformly successful. 

Liberal and public-spirited, he was ever a friend 
of education and progress, assisting in organizing 
the school district and officiating as Director. 

Mr. Johnson, about 1884, put up a more modern 
dwelling at this place assisted by his son. The lat- 
ter then went to No Man's Land, where he is now 
engaged in stock-raising. Mr. Johnson, although 
making no pretentions to being a politician, votes 
the straight Republican ticket and keeps himself 
posted on matters of general interest. He is a 
member in good standing of the Christian Church. 
Such has been his course in life, his honesty and 
fair dealing with his fellow-men, that he has gained 
the unqualified respect of all those with whom he 
has come in contact. 

A native of Shelby Count}', Ky., Mr. Johnson was 
born September 23, 1827, and when a child of two 
years was taken by his parents to Orange County, 
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that State, thence to Boone Count3', and finally 
to Benton County, Iowa, where young Johnson 
(leveloi'ed into manhood. He left the parental 
roof when about nineteen years old and commenced 
learning the carpenter's trade, then going to Hi. 
Paul, Minn., he .sojourned there one year. Keturn- 
ing then to Iowa he prosecuted his trade in Benton 
County and finally purchased land five miles from 
Vinton, the county seat of Bent(in County, where 
he made his home for a period of twentj'-five years. 
In the meantime he was married, March .5, 1850, to 
Miss. M. J. Forsythe. 

After the outbreaii of the Civil War Mr. John- 
son enlisted in October, J8G2, in Company K., 
Sixth Iowa Cavalry, aud leaving home November 
3, following, was sent to the Northwest to tight the 
Indians. His duties led him all over Dakota Ter- 
ritory, and he returned home November 3, 1865, 
after a service of three j-cars and nine houis. He 
had now a family of five children. He con- 
tinued a resident of of Benton County, Iowa, until 
1870, .although in the meantime he had sold his 
farm. That year they came to Kans.as and pur- 
chased a town lot in Independence, where they 
lived until their removal to Oxford Township, this 
county. 

Mrs. Johnson was born in Decatur County Ind , 
February 5, 1830, and is the daughter of J. SS. and 
Jane (McCoy) P'orsytbe, the former a native of 
Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. Mr. Forsythe 
lived for a time in the vicinity of Lebanon, Boone 
County, Ind., where he w.as among the first settlers. 
He engaged in merchandising and for some years 
was Sheriff of Boone Countj'. In 1844 he crossed 
the Mississippi into Linn County, Iowa, settling at 
Marion, but two years later ciianged his residence 
to Benton Countj'. He was married in the latter 
county where the wife and mother died in 1849. 
In Iowa, as he had been in Indiana, Mr. Forsythe 
was prominent in local affairs, serving as County 
J udge and Township Supervisor and holding other 
pulilic positions until quite aged. Finally, leaving 
the Hawkeye State in 1873 he came to Kans.ns and 
spent his last years in Avon Township. <lying in 
187G at the age of seventj'-nine years. 

Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John- 
son, of wliom only three are living. John A. mar- 



ried Miss Lundy King, and is the father of five 
children; be has already been spoken of as a rrsi- 
dent of No Man's Land. Eva is the wife of E. 
Platte, and they live on a farm near Greensburg, 
adjoining the county seat. Cordie remains at 
home; Ida married James Johnson, who died in 
1884 and she died in 1888, both being the victims 
of consumption. Their son, Allen W., died when 
three years old. 

Alexander Johnson, the father of our subject, 
was born in Ohio and married Miss Sarah Allen, of 
Kentucky. They made tlieir home in Shelby 
County, that State, until coming West, as already 
stated, aud reared a family of ten children to ma- 
ture years. Mr. Johnson died in Iowa April 13, 
1855, at tlie age of sixty-six j'ears. The mother 
died about 1875-7(), in Iowa. She was a member 
in good standing of the Christian Church. Mr. 
Johnson had served as a soldier in the AVar of 
1812. 




EACON JAMES T. CHURCH. The sub 
,. ject of this sketch is particularly well 
known in the religious circles of Welling- 
ton, being one of the pillars of the Bap- 
tist Churcii, in which he h.as officiated .as Deacon 
for many years. He was born in Lancaster, Fair- 
field County, Ohio, November 19, 1828, .and is the 
Son of Is.aac Church, a native of Cape M.ay, N. J. 
The latter was reared in his native State, and be- 
came an architect and builder. He was converted 
in his youth, joining the Baptist Church, and for 
many years officiated as a minister of that de- 
nomination. Upon leaving New Jersey he estab- 
lished himself in the city of Philadelphia, where he 
continued preaching. About 1820 he emigrated to 
Ohio, and located among the jiioneers of Fairfield 
County, 

After his removal to Ohio, the father of our sub- 
ject being located in the town of Lancaster, en- 
gaged as a carpenter and builder, while he also 
continued his labors in the Master's vine^'ard. With 
the exception ol a short time spent afterward in 
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until his death, wliich occurrerl about 1853-51. He 
was mairied in early manhood to Mis. Susan Diin- 
hip. .She was the mother of our subject and his 
twin sister, and passed awaj' about 1 832, twentj' 
3-ears prior to the decease of her husband. The 
Rev. Isaac Church was four times married. 

The subject of tliis sketch attended the primitive 
schools of Lancaster, Ohio, and after reaching man- 
hood completed a business course in the Commer- 
cial School at Ottawa, 111. He was only four j'ears 
old at Ihe time of his mother's death, and when a 
b'ly of eight years went to live with an uncle in 
the same county, where lie was reared on a farm 
and remained until reaching his majority. He was 
then given $100, with a horse and saddle, and 
started out to seek his fortune. Locating in Fair- 
field County he engaged with a firm of contractors 
six months, then secured a position as clerk and 
book-keeper in the cmploj' of Malilon Asiibrook, in 
Pickaw.ay County. This gentleman also conducted 
a sawmill, distillery, etc. Young Cliurcli remained 
witii him one year, then returned to his old iiorae 
in Fairfield County and engaged in sheep raising', 
and also dealt in sheep in company with his uncle, 
John M. Ashbrook. He was thus occupied two 
ye:irs, then engaged in farming. He purchased land 
in Fairfield County, and continued there \intil 
1857. Then selling out he went to Ottawa, 111., 
and engaged in the grocery trac'e and the manufac- 
ture of vinegar. Ill 1«G6 he sold out once more, 
and engaged in the lumbeF and grocery trade until 
1877. lie now met witii reverses, losing all of his 
|)ni|)erty. and we next find him in Chicago, III., as 
a dealer ir< groceries. Later he embarked in the 
lumber business, on the Lumber Exchange, until 
1880. 

In the above-mentioned year j\lr. Church came 
to Kansas, locating first at Humboldt, and engaging 
ill the lumber trade one j'ear. In 1882 he sold out 
and removed to Lincoln, Neb., where he prosecuted 
the hunber business a few months, and then, in 
1883, came to Wellington. Here he opened a lum- 
ber yard and instituted a brnuch 3'ard at Caldwell, 
conducting these until January, 188!). His next 
move was to form a i)artiiership witli J. L Wood, 
and they opened an otlice for the practice of law, 
also attending to collections and insurance. 



Mr. Churcli w.as married, October 9, 1853, in 
Fairfield County, Ohio, to Miss Laura C. Kagy. 
This lady was born in Fairflelrl County, Ohio, 
March 19, 1832, and is the daughter of Lewis B. 
and Francina P. (Ashbrook) Kagy, who were na- 
tives of Virginia, and pioneers of Ohio. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Church there were born two children — 
Francina and .Mary. The first mentioned w.as mar- 
ried to Riuardo Miner, and they live in Pho3nix, 
Arizona; they have one child, George E. Mary is 
the wife of C. A. Foss, of San Diego, Cal., and they 
have three children -C. Stanford, James C. and 
Laura C. Politically, Mr. Church is a stanch Re- 
publican. 



"f? OIIN P. NICE is one of the most practical 
I and prosperous farmers in ValVerde Town- 
sliip and an exponent of the excellent traits 
which are to be met with among the Teutonic 
races. His residence and barn are the finest in the 
township, and taken all in all, his farm, although 
not so large .as many, is one of the most attractive 
in the entire county. Hard work, a wise economy, 
and a determination to succeed, have been the levers 
by which he has won success since he came to 
Kansas a poor man. 

The birth of our subject took place in Prussia, 
April 15. 18Hi,and he is the youngest of three 
children born to Matliew and Gertrude Nice. The 
mother died in Germany, and in 1853 the father 
emigrated to America, settling in Gr.int County, 
Wis., where he lived until 1887, when he too. de- 
parted this life. Three years after his own passage 
across the Atlantic, his children — (iertiude, Nicho- 
las and John P. — followed him to America, and 
our subject grew to manhood on his father's farm 
in Wisconsin. lie remained in that State until 
1871, and then became a citizen of this county, 
making Oxford his first abiding place. There he 
carried on a mercantile business for a time, but in 
1883, moved to his present home on section IG, 
ValVerde Township, where he owns one hundred 
and sixty acres of land. The estate is not only 
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mentioned, but with all other builrlings necessary 
for the carrying on of the work of the farm, and 
with such fences, trees, and shrubs as make it beau- 
tiful and add largely to its value. 

The lady to whose housewifely skill and amiable 
character, Mr. Nice owes the comforts and pleasure 
of his home life, was born in Austria, in 1855, and 
bore the maiden name of MoUie Potucek. At the 
time of their marriage in 1875, she was a resident 
of this county. Their happy union has resulted in 
the birth of four children, William, Avice, Lena, 
and an infant wlio ilied unnamed. Sir. Nice has 
held some minor odices, exercises the elective fran- 
chise in beh.alf of the Democratic part}', and is a 
member of liic Farmers' Alliance. He does not 
belong to any religious organization but is a Catho- 
lic in belief. 



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^iySCAR J. HACKNEY. In 1871 this gentle- 
K jjj man left Logan County, 111., for the Kansag 
^^f frontier, coming by rail to Newton, which 
was then the western terminus of the road, and 
thence by stage to Wichita, then an unpretentious 
village, where he was met by a brother and driven 
to this county, his arrival being in the month of 
September. AVellington had just been platted and 
contained but few houses, and in the western part 
of the county deer and buSaloes abounded, while 
the surrounding country was still in the possession 
of the United Stales Government. Mr. Hackney 
took up the southeast quarter of section 25, in 
what is now Wellington Township, and at once 
erected a house and began a successful career as a 
Kansas pioneer farmer. He has added to his 
landed estate, and now owns five hundred and 
twenty acres of fine land, one hundred and sixty 
acres being in Avon and the rest in W^ellington 
Township. 

Mr. Hackney was born in Jefferson County, 
Iowa, April 26, 1847, and was a child of about five 
years when his parents removed to Logan County, 
111., where he was reared and educated until about 
sixteen years old. In the meantime the Civil 



War had broken out, and all over the Northern 
States tiie tidal wave of patriotic enthusiasm had 
I'olled, carrj'ing with it to the front many a lad 
who, though young in years, was old in devotion 
to his country; while manj' a lad was compelled to 
remain at home on account of his youth or insulli- 
cient strength, whose heart was with the forces and 
who waited longingly for the day to come vvhen he 
coulil enter the arm}-. 

In 1863 joung Hackney enlisted in Company 
H, Seventh Illinois Infantr}', and soon after his 
enrollment was taking his part in campaign life in 
Alabama. From that State the following year he 
went to Georgia, joining Sherman's forces at the 
famous field of Resaca, and subsequently partici- 
pating in the liattles. skirmishes and wearj- marches 
from that point lo Atlanta, being present during 
the siege and at the capture of that city, and in 
the battle of Altona Pass. During the latter en- 
gagement he was seriously wounded, and was laid 
up for two months, after which he rejoined his 
comrades and marched with the victorious army to 
Washington, via Petersburg and Richmond, where 
after participating in the Grand Review he was hon- 
orably discharged and mustered out of the service. 
Returning to his home he rented land, and devoted 
himself lo the peaceful occupation of farming, 
quitting Logan County onl}' to become a citizen 
of Kansas. 

The wife of Mr. Hackney is a native of Logan 
County, 111., and bore tJlie maiden name of Lena 
Clark. She is a daughter of John and Eliza Clark, 
and with the educational advantages afforded in 
her ciiildhood and the careful training of her wor- 
thy parents, w,as well fitted to discharge all her 
duties in life upon reaching womanhood. Her 
union with Mr. Hackney wfjs celebrated January 
28, 1868, and six children have come to bless their 
fireside — Edward, John, Frank, William, Mamie 
and Kate. 

Mr. Hackney belongs to James Shields Post, No. 
57, G. A. R. Until the j-ear 1872 he was a Re|)ub- 
lican, but since that time his suffrage has been 
given to the Democratic party. During Gen. 
Grant's presidential teim he received the appoint- 
ment of Postmaster at Wellington and served two 
years in that eapacit}'. He is enterprising and 









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prudent in liis agricultural work, keeps himself 
well informed regarding current events and general 
topics of information, and is regarded as a good 
citizen and honorable man. 

The father of our subject is now living at Win- 
field, Kan., to which place he icmoved in 1880. 
He was born in Ohio, and is the son of a farmer 
who removed from the Buckeye State to Illinois, 
thence to Iowa, returning subsequently to the 
Prairie State and s])ending his last years in Logr.n 
Conntj'. Jacob T. Ilacknej' accompanied his 
father to Illinois, and thence to the Territory of 
Iowa, and was a pioneer settler in Jefferson County. 
In 1852 he purchased a farm three miles from 
Mount Pulaski, in Logan County. 111., upon which 
he made his home until his removal to this State. 
His wife, the mother of our subject, bore the mai- 
den name of Lucy Chapman, and was a native of 
Lexington, Ky. She departed this life at her home 
in Logan County, 111., some years since. 







KORGE A. SOMMERVILLE. The name of 
this hardy pioneer, whose portrait is pre- 
sented on the opposite page, has been fa- 
miliar to the people of Oxford Townshijj since 
1873, when he took up his abode in a then thinly 
settled region, selecting land on section 36, to the 
extent of three hundred acres. He comes of sturd\- 
ancestry and was born in Harrison County, W. Va., 
January 24, 1812. Ilis father, Alexander Sommer- 
ville, was born in Scotland and emigrated to the 
I'nited States a single man. He married Miss Grace 
Miller and thej- made their home in the Old Do- 
minion thereafter until the death of the father. 

The father of our subject engaged in various 
pursuits and was looked upon as a man of more 
than ordinary ability. He was elected Sheriff of 
Harrison Count}' when his son, George A., was a 
mere boy, and retained the oflice for many years. 
In the meantime the home of the familj' was in 
Clarksburg, the county seat, where (George A. de- 
veloped into manhood. The elder Soramerville, 



also followed the profession of a teacher for a num- 
ber of years. The parental household included 
eleven children, all of whom grew to mature j^ears 
and of whom (ieorge A. was the seventh in order 
of birth. Alexander Sommerville departed this 
life at the old homestead in Virginia in 1839. The 
mother survived her husband for a period of tvventy 
years and in the meantime removed to Indiana 
where her death took place in 1859. 

Upon leaving his native State Mr. Sommerville 
repaired to Elkhart County, Ind., where he so- 
journed three years .and then took up his abode in 
Kosciusko C'ount\'. In the moantims he was occu- 
pied in agricultural pursuits and on the 6th of 
December, 1840, was married in Kosciusko County, 
to Miss Delilah Firestone. Mrs. Sommerville 
was born in Logan County, Ohio, in 1822 and was 
the daughter of Samuel Firestone. When she was 
a j'oung lady the jxirents removed to Indiana where 
they lived until called home to a better land. Six 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sommerville of 
whom two only lived to mature j'ears, both sons — 
Marion, a resident of Ilarjier, Kan., and Jasper, 
who lives one and one-half miles north in Oxford 
Township. 

The land which Mr. Sommerville first took up 
had undei'gone but very slight ini|irovement, al- 
though there was a frame building on the place. 
He thus practically cdmmenced at first principles 
in the construction of a home, breaking the land, 
making fences and setting out fruit and shade trees. 
He was prosjjcred in his labors and in due time 
found himself in the enjoyment of a competence. 
He retired from active labor in 1881, renting the 
farm, but still makes his home there. Mr. Som- 
merville has given to e.ach of his sons eighty acres 
of land .and has sufficient left to yield him a com- 
fortable income. The first schoolhouse in his dis- 
trict was put up the fiist summer he located there. 
He has been Treasurer f(jur years and School Di- 
rector for two jears. He gives his unqu.alifled sup- 
port to the Republican party. He has been for 
some time a member of the Missionarj' Baptist 
Church and is looked upon as a representative man 
whose career has been such as to g.ain him the es- 
teem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Mrs. 
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in Oxford Township, August 14, 188L vSlie was 
a member of the same church as her husband and 
an active Christian. 



¥'^ (i ARRP:N AVOLLAM, one of the enterpris- 
ing and progressive farmers of Greene 
Township, was born in Columbiana County, 
Ohio, November 9, 1851, and is a son of Alfred 
Wollam, a tiller of the soil in the Buckeye State. 
In 1863, Alfred Wollam, with his family, which 
(consisted of a wife, seven sons and two daughters, 
removed to Mercer County, where he and his wife 
still reside, and where our subject grew to man- 
hood. 

Mr. Wollam, of whom we write, acquired an 
excellent education, and early in life adopted the 
profession of a teacher, spending the winters in 
professional work, and during the summers working 
upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two 
years old. He taught si.\teen terms of school in 
Mercer County, seven of them being successive in 
iiis home district, and since coming to Kansas has 
spent one term in similar employment. 

At the home of tiie bride in Mercer County, 
Ohio, August IG, 1873, Mr. Wollam was united in 
marriage witli Miss Elscina, daughter of Weslej' 
Copeland. The bride was born in Auglaize County, 
Ohio, June 15, 1851, and has been an able assistant 
and loving companion since their marri.age. After 
tiiat event the j'uung couple continued to reside in 
Mercer County until the spring of 1883, when they 
removed to Kansas, locating on section 29, Greene 
Township, where they have ever since resided. 
'J here Mr. Wollam now owns one hundred and 
sixty acres of fertile and productive land on which 
excellent buiklings have been erected and other 
good improvements made. Since coming to this 
Stale he has devoted considerable time to carpen- 
tering and has built several houses in Green Town- 
ship. He is a good workman at the trade, as well 
as a successful farmer. Tiie family of Mr. and 
Mrs. Wollam comprises four living children: 



Nellie, Alfred, Oma, and Carl, and two infant 
daughters, Eva and Gertie, were removed from 
them by tlie reaper — Death. 

Mr. Wollam is an active worker in the Farmers' 
Alliance, and has been business agent since the 
organization of the society here. He has held the 
office of Trustee of Greene Township for three suc- 
cessive terms. He takes an active part in political 
matters, laboring earnestly for the advancement of 
the Republican part}'. In July, 1888, he was sent 
as a Delegate to the State Republican Convention. 
In the fall of 1889 he was the Republican candi- 
date for County Clerk, but was defeated by William 
H. Carnes. Few men of his years within the 
bounds of Kansas possess a wider fund of informa- 
tion, a more agreeable manner, or a more energetic 
nature than does he, and his reputation among his 
associates is tliat of an upright man and reliable 
citizen. 

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LEXANDER BARNES, a homesteader of 
1876, established himself that year in Lon- 
li' don Township, taking up one hundred and 
sixty acres of land on section 32. The 
country around him was then mostly in a wild con- 
dition, where few people had settled, presenting 
thus not a very cheerful outlook. Mr. Barnes, 
however, had abundant faith in the future of his 
adopted State, and held his ground, while others, 
to a certain extent, were coming and going. He 
carried on the cultivation of his land as rapidly as 
possilile, erected the necessary buildings, planted 
fruit and shade trees, and in due time found him- 
self the possessor of a snug homestead. He prose- 
cutes general agriculture, and makes a specialt}' of 
attending strictly to his own concerns, meddling 
very little with public affairs, otherwise than to 
maintain his allegiance to the Democratic party. 

A native of what is now West Virginia, Mr. 
Barnes was born in Brook County, November 4, 
1835, and lived there until a young man of twenty 
years. He then emigrated to Illinois, accompanied 
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of which he was a resMcnt until coming to this 
county'. After leaving his native State, he was 
man-ied February 4, 1858, to Miss /Harriet Barker. 
This lady was born in Fulton County, 111., on the 
9th of August, 1841, and is a daughter of John 
and Rachel (Harris) Barker, who were natives of 
Ohio. Mr. Barker followed farming as his chosen 
vocation, and is now deceased. Ten children have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, whom they 
named respectively : John W., Warren A., Elmer, 
Carrie, Mattie, Melvin, Walter, Clyde, DoUie, and 
Cora. The}' are all living, making an exceedingly 
bright and interesting group. Carrie married Da- 
vid E. Rogers, and lives in this township. 

The father of our subject was Alexander Barnes, 
Sr., a native of Maryland, who emigrated to the 
western part of the Old Dominion when a young 
man. Later we find him in Washington County, 
Ohio, where he followed his trade of carpenter, and 
spent his last days. The parental household con- 
sisted of ten children. The mother is long since 
deceased, having died in Oliio at the advanced age 
of eiglity years. 



^ AMES H. AVILLIAMS. The subject of tiiis 
I notice lives quietly and unostentatiously at 
I a snug homestead in Harmon Township, 
(^/y where he has three hundred and twenty acres 
of choice land, occupying a part of section 19. He 
came to this county in the fall of 1881 from San- 
gamon County, 111., where he was born August 8, 
1842. He spent the first twenty years of his life 
on his father's farm, little occurring to disturb the 
even tenor of his way until the outbreak of the 
Civil War. He celebrated his twentieth birtliday 
by enlisting as a soldier in the Union Army in 
Company E, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois 
Infantry, and rendered a faithful service of three 
years or until the close of the war. The regiment 
was assigned to the Army of tlie Tennessee and he 
endured the various hardships inseparable from life 
in the army, but preserved his health and strength 



in a remarkable degree, escaping capture and 
wounds from the enemy. He was present at the 
battles of Jackson, Vicksburg, Brandon, Nashville, 
Mobile, Ft. Blakely and numerous other engage- 
ments. 

After receiving his honorable discharge from the 
service of Uncle Sam, Mr. Williams returned to the 
place of his birth and sojourned there until 1S68. 
In the meantime he was married March 1 J, 1868, 
to Miss Caroline F. Hedrick. The newly wedded 
pair settled in Christian County, 111., where Mr. 
Williams engaged in farming and where they lived 
until the spring of 1881. Then returning to Sanga- 
mon County they resided there until the fall of that 
year and then set their faces toward the country 
west of the Mississippi. Mrs. Williams, like her 
husband, is a native of Sangamon County, 111., and 
was born August 11, 1851. Her parents w^ere Al- 
fred and Nancy Hedrick, natives of Tennessee and 
Ohio. The father resides in Taylorville, 111., the 
mother is deceased. 

To our subject and his estimable wife there have 
been born five children, viz.: Herbert I., Frederick, 
Emma, Hattie, and Rosa. Hattic died when an in- 
teresting child of twelve years; the other children 
are at home with their parents. It is hardly neces- 
sary to state that Mr. Williams thorough!}' believes 
in tiie principles of the Republican party to which 
he has given his support since becoming a voting 
citizen. He was elected Township Trustee in the 
fall of 1885, serving two terms and was re-elected 
in the fall of 1889. He has been a member of the 
school board of his district and occupied other 
positions of trust and responsibility. He and his 
wife, with their son Frederick and daughter Emma, 
are members in good standing of the Christian 
Church. 

The home surroundings of Mr. Williams and ids 
family present a picture of [)lcnty and content 
which is delightful to contemi)late. The dwelling 
is a comfortable structure and adjacent is a goodly 
assortment of fruit and shade trees, together with 
the vaiious other appurtenances usual!}' belonging 
to a rural home. Mr. Williams keeps a fair assort- 
ment of live stock and realizes eacli year from his 
well-cultivated fields a sutlicicnt income to supply 
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a rainy day. Isaiah B., and Phebe Williams, the 
parents of our subject, were natives of Vermont 
and Kentucky and came to Illinois when small, 
where tliey liave since resided. They live in 
Custer, III. 



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NDREW S. OMO. Among the honored 
veterans of Jackson Township none are 
held in greater respect tlian Mr. Orao and 
i^J his estimable wife. They commenced tlie 

journey of life togetlier over lift}' years ago, a 
journej' in wliieli their interests have been mutual, 
and wliich has been singularly blest by affection 
and contentment. Both are remarkably well pre- 
served, and from choice still continue the perform- 
ance of tiieir dail3' duties, finding in them a solace 
far more comfortable than idleness. Mr. Orao lias 
passed his seventy-seventh birthd.13', having been 
born in 1813, and his native place was at Little 
York, York Count}-, Pa. 

In reverting to the antecedents of the subject of 
this notice, we find that he is the son of Simon 
Omo, who was boin in Paris, France, and entered 
the army when a lad of fifteen j'ears, serving under 
Kapoleon. lie thus spent seven years of his life, 
and at the expiration of this time was detailed to 
cross the Atlantic with three vessels for provisions. 
The vessels laid at the port of Philadelphia nearly 
three months, and in the meantime Simon Omo and 
three of his comrades deserted. They had but 
fifty cents between them, and were unable to speak 
the English language. They struck out for the 
country, and luckily found a well-to-do French- 
man on a farm, who gave them a square meal be- 
sides provisions to take with them and $2 in cash. 

Tims equipped, the father of our subject and 
his comrades proceeded to Lancaster, Pa., and 
young Omo engaged with a blacksmith to learn 
the trade. lie served an apprenticeship of four years, 
and continued with his emplo3-er a number of 
j'ears longer. Then, being married, he located at 
Little York, where he continued to sojourn until 



1820. That year he removed to LTnion Countj^ 
and was a resident of Lewisburg one year. Sub- 
sequently he rented a tract of land four miles south 
of New Berlin, where he lived two years. Next 
he removed into the town, where he resumed work 
at his trade and resided man^' years. 

Finally, selling out, Simon Omo left the Key- 
stone State, emigrating to Allen County, Ind., 
where he spent his last daj-s with his children. His 
death took place in 1871, after he had reached the 
advanced age of ninety-three years. His wife, the 
mother of our subject, bore the maiden name of 
Mar}' ^losher. .She was born in Lancaster, Pa., 
and descended frojn German and Swiss ancestry. 
She departed this life in New Berlin, Pa., about 
1859. There were born to her and her husband 
eight children. 

Mr. Omo, of this notice, remained a resident of 
Union County, Pa., until 1852. In addition to 
blacksmithing, his fatiier also engaged in the manu- 
facture of brick, and Andrew learned the trade, 
which he followed in Union County until the date 
above mentioned. Then, removing to Lycoming 
County, he officiated as Superintendent of a brick- 
yard there three years. In the fall of 1855 he set 
out for Iowa, making his way by railroad to Rock 
Island, III., wiiich was then the western terminus 
of the Great Western Railroad. Thence he took a 
stage to Tipton, Iowa, crossing the Mississippi on 
a steamboat at Rock Island. He purchased land in 
Cedar County to the extent of a half-section ten 
miles northeast of the town and one and one-half 
miles east of the present site of Clarence. He put 
up a frame iiouse and then returned to Pennsyl- 
vania for his family. The nearest markets to his 
latd were at Davenport and Muscatine, forty miles 
away. Mr. Omo settled upon his land, which he 
brought to a good state of cultivation, and whereon 
he erected comfortable buildings. 

Sojourning in the Hawkeye State until 187G, 
Mr. Omo then sold out and came to Kansas, locat- 
ing in Pawnee Count}' and taking up a timber 
claim as a homestead. In common with his neigh- 
bors, he suffered from drouth, grasshoppers and 
other ills, bul lived there until 1883. Then, sell- 
ing out at a sacrifice, he came to Sumner County 
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lanr] on section 23, in wjiat is now Jackson Town- 
sliip. His house is now but a few rods from Rome 
station — a roomy and convenient structure, where 
Mr. Omo and Ins excellent wife entertain travelers 
in that lionic-liUe manner more like a private fam- 
ily than an hotel. At t))e time Mr. Omo took pos- 
session of liis land only sixty acres had been 
broken, and the only improvement was a small 
"box" house. It is hardly necessar}' to say that 
the premises presented a widely different appear- 
ance from that of to-da3\ Mr. Omo in due time 
put up a more modern residence and planted about 
fourteen hundred fruit trees, which are now in a 
good bearing condition, including a large and 
choice variety. As time passed on, he gathered 
around himself and his family the other com- 
forts and conveniences of modern life. His course 
has been signalized by industry and perseverance, 
while as a man and a citizen Mr. Omo has con- 
ducted himself in such a manner as to gain the 
confidence and esteem of all who know him. 

The marriage of Andrew S. Omo and Miss Sarah 
Rudy was celebrated at the bride's home, in New 
Berlin, Pa., August 10, 1839. Mrs. Omo was born 
in Union County, Pa., May 6, 1821, and is the 
daughter of Philip and Sarah (Overmoyer) Rudy, 
who were natives of Pennsylvania, and spent their 
last days in that State. To Mr. and Mrs. Omo 
there was born a famih' of sixteen children, of whom 
the following were reared lo mature years. Agnes, 
the eldest living, is the wife of Harvey Lowrey and 
the mother of four children; her husband is de- 
ceased, and the widow resides in Wellington, Kan. 
A. Pprcival during the Civil War served as a 
Union soldier in an Iowa regiment; he is married 
and the father of eight children, making his home 
in Pratt County, Kan. Sim.on A. is married, and 
has two children; .Sarah J. is the wife of Robert 
Laporte and the mother of two children; Laura 
married Edwin Olive, and also has two children; 
Henrietta, Mrs. Donald Cory, is the mother of 
eight children; George Ira is married, and has four 
children; Alice, Mrs. James Hagerty, is the mother 
of four children; Cyrus died when thirt3- years old; 
Jerome is married, and lives in Montana; Freder- 
ick is married, and has two children; Lizzie re- 
mains at home with her parents; Maggie is the 



wife of William Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Omo pride 
themselves on the possession of thirty-two grand- 
children and six great-grandchildren. They form 
a large and pleasant famil}'. and are recognized 
as among the most respectal)le elements of Sumner 
County. Mrs. Omo, a kind, motherly woman, is a 
member in go /d standing of the Presbyterian 
Church. 



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^(ONATHAN D. BILLITER is a typical 
Southern gentleman, brave and high spir- 
ited, enthusiastic in his support of any 
measure to which he gives adherence, the 
soul of hos[iitalit3', and generous and whole-souled 
to those in need. The paternal ancestry were 
Scotch, and North Carolina was the home of both 
the parental lines for more than one generation. 

The parents of our subject, Mathew and Sarah 
J. (Yates) Billiter were born, reared and married 
in the State above mentioned, and there the father 
carried on his occupations of a mechanic and a 
farmer until his death in 1847. The widow sub- 
sequently married Richard Ransom of the same 
State, who has since died, and she still lives there 
at the age of seventy- two years. 

The gentleman of whom we write w.as the 3'Oung- 
est of three children born to his parents, and is the 
onl3' one who now survives. His natal da3' was 
September 17, 1846, and the place of his birth, 
Forsythe C'ount3', N. C. He received a common- 
school education and an excellent home training, 
and began life for himself at the age of twenty 
years without linancial assistance and in possession 
of onlj' the clothes he wore. He adopted the oc- 
cupation of a farmer, has made it his life work and 
successfull3' prosecuted it for nearly a quarter of a 
centur3'. 

Mr. Billiter was in his teens when the Civil War 
broke out l)ut, young as he was, was deepl3' inter- 
ested in the interuicine strife and at the age of 
eighteen years he took up arms in behalf of the 
Confederacy. He enlisted in Company B. Third 
North Carolina Infantr3', and took part in the bal- 



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ties at Petersburg, Ft. Fisher, Kingston, Goldsboro 
and Smitbfield, bearing himself gallantly in every 
conflict, and enduring clieerfullj' the toils incidental 
to a soldier's life which proved so monotonous when 
unmixed with the excitement of battle. He was 
attached to the avwy of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston 
and was present at the surrender of Goldsboro, N.C. 
Whatever may be our opinion regarding the rights 
and wrongs of the Civil AVar, honor belongs to all 
who abandfined home and friends for the field ofbat- 
tleand who displayed in the thick of the fight their 
bravery and devotion to the principles in which they 
believed, and it is a [jleasure to the biographer, while 
deeply regretting the losses of the great struggle, to 
note the worthy conduct of American citizens from 
the North and the South during those sad j'ears. 
Both the brothers of our subject served in the 
Twenty-first North Carolina Regiment — .John, the 
second son, dying in the service, and Phillip L., 
going through the war and surviving until 1874. 

In 1866, Mr. Billiter went to Mi-ssouri and settled 
in Jackson County, where he remained twelve 
years. While there, November 17, 1869, he was 
united in marriage with Miss ]\[argaret E. Benton, 
a most estimable lady, who has shared his fortunes 
since that day, adding to his J03« and endeavoring 
to assist and encourage him in every good work. 
Mrs. Billiter is the fourth of twelve children born 
to her parents, is a native of Tennessee, and her 
natal day was August 11. 1844. She received a 
common-school education, and by reading and ob- 
servation has added to the knowledge thus obtained 
an excellent fund of information. 

The parents of Mrs. Billiter are C. L. and Mary 
(Gentry) Benton, natives of North Carolina and 
Kentuck}-, respectively. They were wedded in In- 
diana, lived in that State two j'ears, thence removed 
to I'ennessee and nine years later returned to the 
Hoosier State where they sojourned four years. In 
1856 they removed to Missouri, settling in Harrison 
County, where they resided four years, removing 
thence to Decatur County, Iowa. After a sojourn 
of four years in the Hawkeye State they went 
again to Missouri, spent a j-ear in Clay County, 
and then took up their abode in Jackson Countj^. 
There Mrs. Benton died in 1869. After living in 
Jackson County five years Mr. Benton removed to 



Cass Count}', where he now resides with his second 
wife, his age being sixtj'-nine years. He served in 
the Union armj- during the Civil AVar as a member 
of Company A, Thirty-fourth Alissouri Infantry. 
Of the children borne by the mother of Mrs. Billiter 
eight are now living. 

In 1878 Mr. and Mrs. Billiter removed from 
Jackson Countj'. Mo., to Kansas, locating upon 
a farm in Ryan Township, Sumner County, where 
they have since resided. AA'hen thej' began their 
occupancj' of the farm it was all raw land, but it is 
now in an excellent condition of cultivation and 
improvement, with one hundred and thirty-five 
acres of the quarter section which comprises it un- 
der plow. Cattle, horses and hogs are raised in the 
numbers usually to be found on a quarter-section 
of Kansas land. 

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Billiter comprised 
four sons and daughters — John C, Edgar F., Sarah 
Lutitia and James Dawson. John C. died in 1879. 
Mr. Billiter is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, 
is actively interested in politics and votes the Dem- 
ocratic ticket. He served two terms as Township 
Treasurer and one term as Township Trustee. He 
is Elder in the Christian Church and Superintend- 
ent of the Sunday-school, and his wife also is a 
member of the same religious organization. Both 
are prominent in the community in which they live, 
arc well known and held in high re|)ute by their 
fellow-citizens. 



■jl? ESLIE COOMBS. The subject of this notice 
ll (?§) is numbered among the prominent and well- 
J'— ^Vi to-do farmers of Downs Township, being 
the owner of three hundred and sixtj- broad acres 
of land and having his residence on section 15. A 
part of his land lies on this section and the balance 
on sections 11 and 16. He came to this county in 
1884 and has proved a valuable acquisition to its 
agricultural interests, having had a life-long ex- 
perience as a farmer and dealer in live stock and 
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niatic manner which forms an excellent example for 
others to imitate. He was born in LaRue County, 
Ky., February 24, 1«52, and is the sou of Walter 
W. and Sarah E. (Churchill) Coombs, who were 
likewise natives of the Blue Grass .State. 

Walter W. Coombs was born July 8, 1829, and 
spent his entire life in his native State, being, how- 
ever, cut down in his jirimo when only thirtj'-three 
years of a^e. His father, Samuel Coombs, likewise 
a native of Kentuckj-, was born in 1799 and died in 
that State. The mother of our subject is still living 
in Kentucky, being about sixty jears old, having 
been born February 4, 1830. Her parents were Arm- 
stead and Mary (Brown) Churchill, natives of Vir- 
ginia and members of well-known Virginia families. 
To Walter W. Coombs and his estimable wife were 
bom a family of five children, viz. Churchill, Les- 
lie, Susan, John A. and Ida. Tinee are living, two 
residing in Kentucky with their mother and our sub- 
ject. 

The subject of this sketch spent the daj's of his 
boyhood and youth amid the peaceful pursuits of 
farm life in his native county and at an early age 
gained a good insight into the arts of plowing, sow- 
ing and reaping. After coming to this county he 
was married April 2, 1885, to Miss Fanny Rasdall. 
Mrs. Coombs is likewise a native of Kentucky and 
was born in Warren County, March 21, 186G, thus 
being twenty years old at the time of her marriage. 
Her parents were Clay and Belle (Clayton) Rasdall 
natives of Kentucky who came to this county in 
1880 and are still residing here in Downs Township. 



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D' )> UBEN NEAL. This model farmer and stock- 
y^,' raiser of Falls Township, is considered one 
^W of the most liberal and public-spirited men 
^p) in his community, and who, by his genial 
an 1 comi)anionable disposition and courteous treat- 
ment of all around him, finds friends wherever he 
goes. He h.as been no unimportant factor in ad- 
vancing the agricultural interests of this section, 
bis own example of thrift and industry furnishing 



an incentive to those around him to do likewise as 
far as in them lay. He has one of the mosl attrac- 
tive homesteads in the township, comprising three 
hundred and twentj' acres of highly-improved land, 
embellished with tasteful and convenient modern 
buildings. He has found stock-raising extremely 
profitable, and to this industry gives the most of 
his attention. 

The native place of Mr. Neal was on the other 
side of the Atlantic in Lincolnshire, Iiingland, where 
his birtii took place February 19, 1851. He comes 
of stanch English ancestry, being the son of Rev. 
William H. and Phebe (Dudley) Neal, who were 
both descended from good families and who emi- 
grated to America during, the same 3'car in which 
their son Ruben was born. They settled in the city 
of Buffalo, N. y., where the father for many years 
officiated as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, serving with distinction, being posseesed 
of marked ability and a good education. He re- 
mained connected with this denomination until 
1878. then went over to the Society of Friends, 
and later, coming West, is now installed as pastor 
of a Quaker Church in Emporia, this State. He is 
now aged al)0ut sixty-six years, having been born in 
1 824, while his estimable wife is two 3'ears 3-ouriger. 
They are the parents of three sons — Ruben, Wil- 
linm H. and John T. The two younger are residents 
of Buffalo, N. Y.. and Bay City, Mich. 

Mr. Neal was reared in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., 
where he attended the citj' schools and upon be- 
comicg his own man, chose farming for his voca- 
tion. He followed this in Erie County, N. Y., un- 
til 1876, then determined to seek his fortunes in 
the far West. Coming to this county he pre-empted 
one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 30, 
Falls Township, where he settled and has since re- 
sided. Subsequently he purchased another quarter 
section, these l.ying on sections 19 and 30, so that 
he now h.as in all three hundred and twenty well- 
tilled acres, comprising as fine a farm as is to be 
found within the limits of this county. When com- 
ing to this region he was entirely witiiout means, 
having even to borrow the money to pay for enter- 
ing his land. 

The first dwelling of Mr. Neal in Kansas was a 
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which he occupied with bis fainilj' for two years. 
He is now domiciled in a fine two story frame resi- 
dence, finished and furnished in modern style, and 
has an equally fine barn and con venientlj' arranged 
outbuildings. Providence smiled ut on his efforts 
from the beginning, and he is in the enjoyment of 
this fine propert}'. f ree from incumbrance, and with 
the prospect of a sufficiency for his old age. He 
operates almost altogether in liigii-giade stoclv of 
all kinds and has contributed in no small degree to 
the live stock interests of this county, assisting in 
raising the standard and laboring with his brother 
farmers in eliminating the poorer grades, so that 
each year there is noticeable an improvement 
throughout Sumner Countj' in this respect. 

Politically, Mr. Neal is a sound Republican. He 
and his excellent wife are active members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Caldwell, contribu- 
ting a liberal support thereto and being among its 
chief pillars. Mrs. Neal was in her girlhood Miss 
Clara Broughton, daughter of William and Adelaide 
(Palmer) Broughton, and was married to our sub- 
ject at Buffalo, N. Y.. . January 1, 1875. Her native 
place was Covington, Wyoming County, N. Y.,and 
the date of her biith September 6, 1 856. Eight chil- 
dren came to bless this union, four of whom are liv- 
ing, viz: John F., George H., AVilliam R., and 
Howard. Jessie, Phojbe and two infants unnamed 
are deceased. 



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Ci^^^ORMAN GRIST, an earl\- settler of Siim- 
i| jl' ner County, Kan., resides on section -1, 
'X\f^j Belle Plaine Township. He was ushered 
into this world Maj' 27, 1842, in Bradford County-, 
Pa. His parents, Lyman and Caroline (Ellis) 
Grist were also born in that State, and their an- 
cestors are supposed to ))e natives of New England 
of English stock. Lyman and Caroline Grist we^'C 
the parents of nine children, named, respectively: 
Savannah, who is the wife of Morris Wilcox and 
lives in Bradford County. Pa.; Mary, the wife of 
George Burgess, resides in Barber County, Kan.; 



Thomas H. makes his home in Wisconsin; Salina is 
the wife of Andrew Melville, of Bradford Count}', 
Pa.; Norman, the subject of this sketch; Ann, John 
and Sarah are at home, and one is deceased. 

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm 
in his native State, where he secured a fine physical 
development and a fair elementary education in 
the common I-^nglish branches taught in the countr}' 
schools of that State. Although the means of ob- 
taining a good education were far more limited in 
those days than in the present time, yet our subject 
was undismaj'ed at the prospect and kept "pegging 
awaj'," learning a little here and a little tbei'C until 
he has managed to obtain a large fund of useful 
and interesting knowledge embracing all the essen- 
tials of a liberal education. 

When the dark cloud of Civil War burst upon 
the devoted head of the nation, our subject was 
only a boy of eighteen years but, in response to the 
call for troops to defend the old flag from mis- 
guided zealots who would have trailed the starry 
banner in the dust, ho enlisted April 21, 18G1, in 
Company I, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves and was 
assigned to duty in the Armj- of the Potomac. He 
remained with that portion of the Federal troops 
during the entire war, a period of over four j-ears. 
He made an honorable record as a gallant soldier 
and was faithful to his dut}' during all the vicissi- 
tudes through which that famous arm}' passed. He 
fought in the battle of Manassas and during the 
Peninsular campaign his regiment was engaged in 
guarding railroads leading from Whitehouse Land- 
ing on the Pamunky River to the main body of the 
army. He was also in the second battle of Bull 
Run when the bo^ys in blue were a second time put 
to flight by the lads in gray, and in the battles of 
South Mountain and Antietam where the "blues ' 
cleverly turned the tables on their exultant foes 
and drove them across the Potomac. 

Mr. Grist was in the fiercely fought battle of 
Fredricksburg where he was wounded in the left 
shoulder. This necessitated his removal to the 
hospital where he was detained some three months, 
and during that time the battle of Chancellorsville 
was fought. As soon as his wound was healed our 
subject rejoined his command and participated in 
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turned in favor of the Northern arras. He was 
afterward in the three days' fight in the Wilder- 
ness; at the siege of Petersburg where, wliile as- 
sisting to capture the Eidon Railroad, he «as 
wounded in the right side, which sent him to the 
hospital once again, but he recovered in time to be 
present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. 
When the latter event took place our subject was a 
member of the Fifth Corps under Sheridan. He 
was finally discharged, July 4, 1865. and returned 
to his home in Pennsylvania. AVhilein AVashington 
he participated in the grand review of the troops 
which took place in the presence of the President 
and all the high officials in addition to the prin- 
cipal generals. It was a grand sight and one not 
easily forgotten. 

LTpon returning to Penns3ivania our subject took 
up his life again at the old home, but soon wearied 
of the place and resolved to try the West to make a 
fortune. He went to Fayette Count}', Iowa, where 
he resided several years. February 24, 1869, he was 
married to Miss Libbie Davis, a daughter of John 
and Ann (Fox) Davis, who were both natives of 
Wales. Eight children have come to their home 
to share their love and claim their care, named, 
rospectivelj': Harry B., Carrie A., Maggie M., Earl 
J; Hattie, who is deceased; Kate, Lura and Fay. 

In the spring of 1871 our subject emigrated to 
Sumner County, Kan., and pre-empted one hundred 
and sixty acres of land, upon which he now resides. 
It was all new, unimproved land and our subject 
turned the first furrow on the section. By energy 
and ix:rsevering industry he has brought it up to 
its present state of high cultivation and productive- 
ness. The usual hardships of a pioneer life have 
fallen to his lot but cheerful courage has enabled 
him and his excellent wife to surmount them all, 
and they are now rewarded for their faith in the 
possibilities of the country which they found in 
such an undeveloped state, by its present fine con- 
dition as regards education, morals and refinement. 

For some years Mr. Grist has not enjoyed good 
health, rheumatism and other ailments have con- 
tributed to undermine his physical well-being, but 
he is a patient sufferer and keeps up good heart 
not wishing to dampen tiie pleasure of his family by 
useless repining. He is a member of the Old Set- 



tlers Society and finds himself regarded as a repre- 
sentative farmer and veteran soldier. No one is 
more deserving of the respect and esteem which he 
receives than the subject of this biography. He has 
seen the growth of the county from nothing, as it 
were, to its present thriving condition and rejoices 
in the progress which has been made. He is a Re- 
publican in politics and favors whatever will help 
to build up the community in material or intellect- 
ual prosperitj'. Mr. Gristjis now Clerk of the School 
Board and has served one term as Director, in which 
position he gave good satisfaction. 



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TpXsEV. ROLLIN H. SEYMOUR, proprietor of 
iLs^ the Waldon House at South Haven, is well- 
■^m\\ known to the people of this vicinity, and 
^p! is doing the entire hotel business of the 
city. He located at this point in 1886, putting up 
the present structure, which has become an almost 
indispensable institution to the traveling public. 
It is conducted upon first-class principles, and 
"mine host" is not only a favorite with his guests, 
but among the people of the entire communit)'. 

Of Eastern antecedents, the subject of this notice 
was born in New Haven County, Conn., August 
24, 1834. He lived there on a farm until a lad of 
fourteen years. His father, Stephen Seymour, was 
a member of the firm of Ives, Kendrick & Co., 
brass manufacturers at Waterville, where he lived 
until about sixt3'-eight years old. Then, retiring 
from active labor, he removed to AYaterbury, Conn., 
where he spent his last days, dying at the age of 
about sevent3'-one years. He was a member of 
the Episcopal Church, to which the various ether 
members of the family belonged. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Flora Harrison. She was the daughter of 
Aaron Harrison, and was born in AVolcott, Conn., 
of which her parents were residents man}- years. 
Grandfather Harrison was a musician of considera- 
ble talent, and otiiciated as Drum-Major in the 
War of 1H12. He died in Camp at Branlford, 



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Conn. The parents of our subject both died .at 
the old homestead. Grandfather Seymour was a 
native of Wales, whence he crossed the Atlantic 
with three brothers .and their families and located 
on the Connecticut River, where they all spent 
tlie remainder of their lives. They were promi- 
nent members of the old Welsh colony which made 
for itself a name during tiie earl}' settlement of 
Connecticut, and were members of the Episcopal 
Church. The Harrisons traced their ancestry tu 
England. 

After reaching his fourteenth year young Sey- 
mour began to assist his father in the office at the 
factory, and two years later he entered a good 
school in the city of New Haven, where he took 
a four years' course, in the meantime assisting his 
father during vacations. After completing his 
studies he worked in the factory for a time, and 
later entered the Middleton Theological Methodist 
Episcopal College, having identified himself with 
this religious denomination at the age of twenty- 
one 3'ears. He soon exhibited uncommon talent 
as a pulpit orator, was ordained, and preached until 
about 1881. 

The elder Seymour at one time entered upon the 
hazardous undertaking of going to P^ngland for 
the purpose of bringing two English mechanics to 
tlie United States, these being Samuel Forest and 
Israel Holmes, the plan being to convey them from 
the Old Country in a water cask, as there was a 
severe penalty for importing such service to this 
country. The enterprise, however, proved suc- 
cessful, they being placed in the cask and fed 
through the bung-hole until they were out of 
English waters. They worked in the factory many 
years, and died in Waterbury, Conn, at a ripe old 
age. 

To the parents of our subject there was born a 
family of eight sons, all of whom lived to mature 
years — the eldest. Mason S. S., has for thirty ye.ars 
been practicing medicine successfully on Long 
Island; Charles H. was graduated from Trinity 
College at Hartford, and is now a jjrominent 
clergyman of the Episcopal Church; RoUin H., 
our subject, was the third in order of birth; Will- 
iam G., who won considerable distinction as an 
artist, died at the age of twenty-eight years, in 



Haverhill, Mass.; Harry A. is living on a farm 
near Watertown, Conn., and is a large grower of 
fine-wool sheep; John O. died at the age of eigh- 
teen years; Ralph died when two years old; Benja- 
min F. was graduated from Trinity College, and 
from Francova Eva, at Montreal, Canada, after 
studying in the latter seven years, and was an 
E|)iscopal clergyman, .also professor of French and 
German in a college at Puget .Sound. Prior to his 
removal to the West he held a Professor's Chair in 
a school in Pennsylvania. 

The subject of this sketch w.as married in Sep- 
tember, 1857, at Norfolk, Conn., to Miss Ellen L. 
Brown, of that city. About that time he asso- 
ciated himself in partnership with one Samuel 
Ives, in New Haven, engaging in the mercantile 
business. In the spring of 1863 he disposed of his 
interest in the concern to his partner, and his 
home was broken up by the death of his wife, 
which occurred that same year. In 1865 he con- 
trticted a second marriage with Mrs. Agnes S. 
(Murph3')Bunee, of Salsbury. He continued to 
reside in New Haven until October, 1868, then 
coming to Kansas, located at Junction City, and 
became a contractor for the erection of brick build- 
ings. In the spring of 1870 he removed to Ottawa 
County, where he engaged in the live-stock busi- 
ness, and also kept supplies for stockmen. 

Five years later Mr. Seymour removed to Norton 
County, and now turned his attention more closely 
to religious matters, entering the ministry of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he had 
officiated on Sundays for many j'ears. As time 
passed on he organized a number of churches in 
the Northwestern District of Kansas, but was 
finally compelled to resign his labors on account 
of ill-health. We next find him a resident of 
South Haven, in which he put up the first hotel. 
At Norton he also erected the first hotel, the first 
store and the first residence, having taken up laud 
as a homestead claim. He was for some time 
President of the Town Site Company there. He 
was a third time married at Alma, Neb., in 1886, 
to Mrs. Mary A. (Ramsey) Simpson, and they have 
one child living, a daughter, Bessie M. 

Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. 
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clier in Comiiai^y IT, Forty-third New York In- 
fantry, as a i)rivate. On the 21st of September 
following he w,as eommissioned Second-Lientenant 
of his regiment, in Hancock's Brigade, and served 
in that capacity until wounded by a gunshot, Maj- 
5, 1862, at the battle of Williamsburg. He was 
struck three times, once in the knee, once on the 
foot and once in bis side. He carried the latter 
liall until January, 1877, when it was removed. 
As may naturally bo supposed he has been a 
great sufferer from this, and for two years his side 
was wholly paralyzed, and is only now partially 
restored to its natural condition. He was hon- 
orabl3' discharged on account of wounds received 
while in line of duty. 



=m L E X A N D E R K. CULBERTSON, the 
(J^/LI|, founder of Drury, which he laid out in 




1877, on bis farm, has his residence in 
South Haven Township, on section 6, 
where he has erected a fine dwelling and gives bis 
attention to agricultural pursuits. He is the owner 
of five hundred and ten acres of land, being thus 
well-to-do, financially, and is a self-made man, the 
architect of his own fortune, indebted simply to 
his own energj' and industry for his possessions. 
A native of Ohio, he was born near Zanesville, 
Muskingum County, March 18, 1844, and is thus 
in the prime of life, and the midst of his useful- 
ness. His career since coming to the Sunflower 
State has furnished an admirable example of per- 
severing industrj', and should lie asource of encour- 
agement to the young man beginning at the foot 
of the ladder in life, and having only his own re- 
sources to depend upon. 

Mr. Culbertson is descended from substantial 
Pennsylvania stock on his father's side,'being tiie 
son of William B. and Louisa B. (Moody) Cul- 
bertson, the former of whom was born in Ch.ambers- 
burg. Pa., about 1808. William B. Culbertson, when 
an infant, was taken by his jiarents to Muskingum 
County, Ohio, where he was reared to man's estate. 



and chose farming for his life vocation. At this he 
was very successful, becoming the possessor of a fine 
property. He did not live to be aged, departing 
this life in JMarch, 18G1. when about fifty-three 
years old. His father was Samuel Culbertson, like- 
wise a native of the Keystone State, and of Irish 
extraction. 

The mother of Mr. Culbertson was born in the 
city of Portland, Me., November 12, 1809, and de- 
parted this life .lanuary 22, 1890, at Muncie, Ind. 
The ten children of the parental family are re- 
corded as follows: William M. is engaged as a coal 
and lumber dealer at Lawrence, this State; Gran- 
ville M., died in infancy; Harriet A. is the widow 
of A. E. Fillmore, of Zanesville, Ohio; Sidney E. 
is the wife of .Jefferson Van Home, a banker of 
Zanesville; Louisa and Stilbnan are deceased ; Ida 
L. is the wife of A. E. Lyman, a Ijoot and shoe 
dealer of Muncie, Ind.; George V. died when 
a promising young man, about twenty-four years 
old; Samuel AV. died when about twenty-seven 
years old ; and the subject of this sketch. Samu°l 
W. was the eldest. 

The subject of this sketch was the sixth child of 
his parents, with whom he spent the years of his 
boyhood and youth, residing on the home farm 
near Zanesville, Ohio, and acquiring a practical ed- 
ucation in the district schools, also attending school 
in Zanesville. He lived in the Buckeye State un- 
til a man of twenty-seven years, then in March, 
1871, turned bis steps toward the farther West, 
coming to this county and pre-empting one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of land on the Chikaskia 
River. This embraced the northeast quarter of sec- 
tion 1, Falls Township, where he put up a log cabin 
and lived six years. At the expiration of this time 
he changed his residence to his present homestead, 
and is now the owner of five hundred and ten 
broad acres. He deals largely in sheep and cattle, 
and has been no unimportant factor in developing 
the agricultural interests of Sumner County. He is 
a sound Republican, politically, and belongs to the 
Farmers' Alliance, and has held some of the minor 
offices. 

On the 8tb of March, 1877. Mr. Culbertson was 
wedded at the bride's home in South Haven Town- 
ship, to Miss Drury Davis, This l.ady w.as born in 



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Nodaway Conntj% Mo., June 12, 1855, and is the 
daughter of Hiram and Mary .1. (Broyles) Davis. 
Her parents were natives of Virginia, and are now 
residing in Oklahoma. There have been born of 
this congenial union three children, all sons; Will- 
iam B., Sidney B. and Berry man K. In addition 
to being a thorough and skillful farmer, Mr. Cul- 
bertson is considered one of the most liberal and 
public-spirited men in his community, encourag- 
ing the projects calculated to advance the interests 
of the people, socially, morally and financially. 



"il^^ ELSON II. SNOWDEN has for several years 
I j) been Superintendent of the Sumner County 
'^1^. Poor Farm, and so successful and satisfac- 
tory has been his management that he is re-engaged 
for the years 1890-91. He is a native of the Hoo- 
sier State to which his grandfather, .James Snow- 
den, moved from Ohio, settling among the early 
inhabitants of Union County and entering a tract 
of Government land, located partly in Harmony 
and partly in Liberty Townships, building a log 
house in the latter. At that time and in that section 
timber was valueless, and in clearing the land large 
logs were rolled together and burned. The grand- 
father cleared and cultivated his farm and lived 
upon it until his death. His son Jacob, the father 
of our subject, was born in Ohio, but was a mere 
child when his parents moved to the Iloosier State 
where he spent the remainder of his life. Having 
grown to manhood, he married Miss Eliza A. Lang- 
ston, and purchased a tract of land in Harmony 
Township, upon which he built the log house in 
which our subject was born. There were no railroads 
in that section for many years, and the nearest mar- 
ket was Cincinnati, forty-five miles distant. Like 
his father before him, Jacob Snowden cleared his 
farm, and there ten children were born to him, nine 
of whom lived to mature years. His death took place 
December 15, 1869, and his wife survived until 
August, 1878, both passing away on the home farm. 
The natal day of our subject was January 1, 



1852. In his youth he attended school as regularlj' 
as was po.ssible. and as his strength would admit as- 
sisted in the vvork upon the farm, of which he took 
charge at the death of his father and upon which he 
continued to reside until 1875. He then entered the 
employ of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis 
Railroad, and after four years spent in railroading, 
again took up his labors on the home farm which 
he rented until 1884, at which date he became a 
resident of this county. 

At the home of the bride's parents, G. W. and 
Ellen Mills, in Houston County, Minn., July 11, 
1877, Mr. Snowden was united in marriage with 
Miss Emma Mills, a native of Henry County, Ind., 
and a young lady whose character and acquirements 
promised well for the future happiness of tie home. 
Mr. and Mrs. Snowden are the jaarents of two chil- 
dren — Cora and Louis. In politics Mr. Snowden is 
a sound Republican. He belongs to the Christian 
Church and endeavors in hi.i daily life to carry out 
the Golden Rule and fullill all the duties which de- 
volve upon him as man and citizen, in a worth)- 
manner. 



<*[ OHN C. LAMBDIN. This gentleman has a 
i large circle of acquaintances throughout the 
^.^ ', State of which he is a pioneer, and is held in 
(^^' high esteem bj' all who know his life and 
character. He was the first Probate Judge of Butler 
Countj', which he assisted in organizing in 1858, 
and the title which was then bestowed upon him, is 
the one by which he is familiarly known to this 
day. In 1859, he was elected a member of the Ter- 
ritorial Council, and served in the sessions of 
1859-60. Although capable of serving a constitu- 
ency in any department of public life, he declines 
to be a candidate for office, preferring to serve his 
fellow-men in a private capacity. 

Judge Lambdin was born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
October 15, 1819, and is the only survivor of a 
family of six children. His boyhood was passed in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and he received only a common- 
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age, he went on to his father's farm in Clermont 
County and remained thereuntil lfS37, when he re- 
moved to Johnson Count}', Ind., and engaged in a 
manufacturiug business. He moved the business to 
Paris, 111., in 1851, and to Point Commerce, Ind., 
about two years later, remaining in the latter place 
until May, 1857, when he started for Kansas. A 
few months later we find Mr. Lambdiu located in 
Butler County, at Chelsea, and soon after filling the 
positions of public responsibility before noted, and 
in the intervals of public life, devoting his time to 
farming and stock-raising. 

When the Civil War broke out, Kansas was not 
behind her older sisters in her desire to uphold the 
Union and it was not long until almost every able 
bodied man living in the section with Judge Lamli- 
din had joined tlie arm}-, even his two sons liaving 
left their home for a life on the tented field. He de- 
termined to send the remainder of his family back 
to Illinois, and he too joined the Union forces as 
stock Quartermaster of Lane's brigade. He subse- 
quently left that command, assisted in the organi- 
zation of the Indian brigade of five regiments and 
re-entered the service as Quartermaster of the Fifth 
regiment of Indian troops, serving in that capacity 
until the fall of 1863, when he was called to Leav- 
enworth and put on Provost Marshal dut}- in the 
Southwest. In that capacit}' he served until the 
close of the war, when he returned to Butler Count}', 
and resumed the arts of peace. 

Judge Lamlidin again took up his former occu- 
pations of farming and the stock business, and he 
also conducted a mercantile business at Eldorado 
for more than fifteen j'ears. In 1884 he moved to 
Caldwell, but has been engaged in no regular busi- 
ness since except that of looking after his real 
estate business. He was Superintendent of the Water 
Works, the first year the S3stem was put in, and al- 
though he declines office is one of the most liberal 
and public-spirited citizens of the town, manifest- 
ing a deep interest in every scheme which is pro- 
mulgated for the public good and contributing 
generously to all in which his judgment concurs. 
Being possessed of mental al)ilities of no mean or- 
der, and desirous of adding to the knowledge ob- 
tained in his earlj' ^ears, he has taken advantage of 
every opportunity which reading and observation 



would afford and has become well informed on cur- 
rent topics and in various lines of thought. He be- 
longs to the Masonic fraternit}- and to the Knights 
of Pythias. 

Judge Lanibdin has been twice married. His first 
matrimonial alliance was contracted in 1839 and he 
became the husband of Miss Caroline Beachbard of 
Madison, Ind., who was spared to him and her fam- 
ily until 1853. She was the mother of three sons, 
William R., .loshua T, and John W. The first two 
served during the late war; John W. is now de- 
ceaseil. After having remained a widower until 1855, 
Judge Lambdin became the husband of Mary V. 
Vaught, of Paris, 111., who has borne him one son 
— Robert M. 

In the paternal line. Judge Lambdin is of Welsh 
descent, his grandfather, Robert Lambdin, having 
emigrated from Wales to America i)rior to the Rev- 
olutionary War and settled in Maryland. John 
Lambdin, the father of our subject, was born in 
that State about the year 1776, grew to maturity 
there and married 'Miss Mary Roberts, a lady of 
Irish extraction. They removed to Pittsburg, Pa., 
whence, in 1821, they departed to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
where Mrs. Lambdin died in 1857. A portion of 
their time was spent on a farm in Clermont County. 
Mr. Lambdin was a carpenter and one of the most 
skilled workmen of his day; his fin.ancial circum- 
stances were easy. He was a member of the Metho- 
dist Church, and his death, which occurred in 1852, 
found him i)repared for the scenes of futurity. 



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iiiiOMAS DUNBAR, a successful general 
farmer of South Haven, may usually be 
found at his headquarters on section 16, 
where he has one hundred unil sixty acres of land 
in a high state of cultivation .and makes a specialty 
of stock-raising, mostly good grades of cattle and 
horses. He came to this county in 1876 when the 
gi'eater part of the land in this region was the prop- 
erty of the Government and when wild animals 
were plentiful, including deer, antelope, turkeys and 




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wolves. The nearest market was at Wichita to 
which the produce of the few farmers who had set- 
tled in this region was hauled laboriously overland 
with teams, across the prairie, in many places un- 
marked save by an Indian trail. 

Upon first coming to this region Mr. Dunbar 
took up his abode in a little frame house, 14x20 
feet in dimensions, which he occupied for three 
years and in the meantime proceeded with the im- 
provement of this property. He sold this farm in 
1879, purchasing that which he now owns. His ca- 
reer has been marked by close application to his 
calling and straightforward dealings with his fellow- 
citizens by which he has established himself in their 
confidence and esteem. 

A native of New York State, Mr. Dunbar was 
born in the romantic regions around Lake Cham- 
plain, February 4, 1844. Two years later his par- 
ents, John and Mary (, Linton) Dunbar, removed to 
Canada, locating at Ormston, where the father oc- 
cupied himself as a carpenter. About 1853 they 
changed their residence to Lashute, on the North 
River, and there the father died in 1867, aged sixty- 
five j'ears. He was a native of Northern Scotland, 
where he was reared in the doctrines of the Presby- 
terian Church and where he was married to his first 
wife, who died there. His second wife, Mary Lin- 
ton, the mother of our subject, likewise a native of 
Scotland, was born in the city of Edinburg and 
when a mere child was brought by her parents to 
Canada; thev settled in Montreal where the parents 
died in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. 

Mrs. Dunbar after the death of her husband, re- 
moved with her family of eight sons to Livingston 
County, 111., and later came to this State of which 
she is still a resident, making her home with three 
of her sons in Gunnison County. Thomas, our sub- 
ject, on the 25th of February, 1888, was wedded 
at the bride's home in South Haven Township, this 
county, to Miss Jenny E., daughter of Henry and 
Melissa (Jourdan) Clayton, a native of Byron 
County, Kj'. Mrs. Dunbar came to Kansas with her 
mother in 1883, her father having died in Ken- 
tucky. Mrs. Clayton was subsequently married to 
Stephen Riggs and is now a resident of South 
Haven Township. Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar have had 
one child, a son, Bruce, who died when five months 



old. JNIrs. Dunbar is a member in good standing 
of the Christian Church. Mr. Dunbar was reared in 
Presbyterian doctrines but is not at present identi- 
fied with any religious organization. Political!}', he 
votes independently. 




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mOMAS J. MYERS has been a resident of 
AVellington for nearly a decade, and has 
been engaged in buying and shipping live- 
stock. He is the third son of Abram and Margaret 
Myers, and the parental history will be found in 
the biography of L. K. Myers, in this book. Our 
subject was born in Knox Township, Jefferson 
County, Ohio, on the 4th of December, 1830, and 
during his boyhood attended the pioneer schools of 
the county, which were taught in the log house 
where the benches were made of hewn logs, with 
wooden pins for legs. He was a lad of ten years 
when his parents moved to Carroll Count}', where 
he attended school during the winter months, and 
and the rest of the year assisted his father in clear- 
ing land and tilling the soil. There were no rail- 
roads in that section for a number of years, and all 
their transportation was done on the Sandy and 
Beaver Rivers, and the Ohio Canal. 

In 1853 Mr. Myers, with a brother and three 
sisters, made the journey to Indiana with teams, 
and spent the winter in Wliitley County, whence 
the family went to Iowa. Soon after their arrival 
in the Hoosier State our subject and his brother 
took a contract to build a mile of railroad, a short 
distance west of Columbia City. Work on that 
part of the road ceased in the spring of 1854, and 
Mr. Myers secured a situation as fireman on an- 
otiier part of the road, which he resigned after a 
short time to follow the rest of the family to the 
Hawkeye State. He traveled by stage to Goshen, 
Ind., thence by rail to Rock Island, 111., where he 
again boarded a stage which landed him in AVash- 
ington, Washington County, Iowa. He tiiere se- 
cured a ride in a carriage to Winterset, nearly one 
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his journey on foot. He walked hard all day, and 
made a distance of fifteen miles. 

Coming upon a log cabin after dark Mr. Myers 
asked the privilege of remaining during the night. 
The house consisted of one room, and the two 
bedsteads in it were made by boring holes in the 
wall and inserting poles, the other ends of which 
were supported by posts. There was not a chair 
in the house, and neither lamp nor candle. Corn 
bread and fat meat constituted the supper, which 
Mr. Myers ate from the top of a chest while sitting 
on a small trunk. The inmates of tlie cabin con- 
sisted of a man and wife and seven children, but 
notwithstanding the meager accommodations, a 
kindly welcome was accorded to the stranger. Be- 
ing very tired he passed a very comfortable night, 
but arose in the morning not feeling well, with 
twelve miles yet to walk. He had heard of the 
town of Pisgah, and expected to see something of 
a place, but on reaching its site found it consisted 
of one log cabin, occupied by a Mr. Locke, who 
was one of the first settlers of Union County. Mr. 
Myers was quite exhaustetl when he reached this 
place, but succeeded in hiring a horse from Mr. 
Locke, and made the rest of the journey more 
si)eedily and with a little more comfort. 

The father of our subject had entered a tract of 
Government land, upon which the family lived, and 
during the winter our subject and his brother 
L. K., entered and sold several tracts of land in 
Union County, and in the siiringof 1855, began to 
improve the land the father had taken, continuing 
together there until 1859. Our subject then re- 
moved to Afton, and engaged in mercantile busi- 
ness. The nearest railroad station was at Ottumwa, 
one hundred miles distant, and the greater part of 
his goods were teamed from there. In connection 
with his mercantile employ Mr. Myers had bought 
and shipped live stock, and some three 3'ears after 
l)ecoming a resident of Afton he abandoned the 
former business and devoted his alteniion entirelv 
to the latter, remaining in that city until 1880, 
when he came to this place, bought a home, and 
enrered upon the same pursuits, shipping his stock 
to Kansas City and \Vi( hita. 

The wife of Mr. ISIyers bore the maiden name of 
Elizabeth Roberts, and the rites of wedlock were 



celebrated between them in 1864. She is a daugh- 
ter of Dr. J. F. and Tamar (Smith) Roberts, the 
latter of whom died when*sheVas;an infant. The 
father was born in Culpcper County, jVa., and it 
is probable that his. father, Benjamin Roberts, was 
also born in that State. In 1822 the grandfather 
moved to Ohio, and having purch.ased land in 
Athens County, tilled the soil there for a number 
of years. His wife, Mary Delaney, died in Perry 
County after having lived to a good old age. Mr. 
Roberts departed this life also ripe in years, in 
Athens County. His son, ,T. F., received a liberal 
education, and took up the study of medicine in his 
early manhood, being graduated from the Medical 
College at Columbus, Ohio, and successfully prac- 
ticing his profession for many years. His skill was 
disi)layed iu Meigs and Vinton Counties, Ohio, un- 
til 185'J, and he then removed to Afton, Iowa, 
where he continued his professional labors for two 
years. He next opened an office in IJrookfleld, Mo., 
and some time later went to Centralia, 111., where 
his death took place in April, 1889, at the age of 
sixty-five years. His daughter, now Mrs. Myers, 
received an excellent education, and is a worthy 
and efficient companion. She has borne her hus- 
band two children — Frank L. and Harry W. 

In politics Mr. Myers advocates the principles of 
the Democratic party. His wife and two sons are 
members in good standing of the Presbyterian 
Church, and both have many friends in tht com- 
mnnity, where their uprightness, intelligence and 
friendly natures are well known. 



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-^1 ARON KING, late of Oxford Township 
iffOI and who owned one of the most valuable 
quarter sections of land in Sumner County, 
departed this life March 31, 1889, leaving 
behind him the record of an honest man and a o-ood 
citizen. He pitched his tent at his late homestead 
on section 6, June 1, 1871, and maintained his po- 
sition through the scourges of grasshoppers, drouth 
and chinch bugs, and was one of the three men who, 




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with their families, spent the winter following in 
one small dwelling. Upon coming to this regi(m 
Mr. King drove overland from Vinton, Iowa, look- 
ing out for a location as he traveled and being one 
of the first men to cross the Arkansas River. He 
dug a cellar and while on a trip to Thayer, one 
hundred and twenty miles away_, Mrs. King arrived 
August 25, 1871, and put up with the family of a 
Mr. Carpenter, remaining there until Mr. King had 
completed a roof to shelter his family. 

The Carpenter . domicile comprised one room 
onlv 16x2-1 feet in dimensions and into it three 
families moved and lived there until Mr. King had 
his own home ready. This domicile sheltered 
thirteen persons, including two cliildren. but they 
had all come to this region with a mutual purpose 
in view and assisted each other. They bought 
their supplies from peddlers in the eastern part of 
the .State and paid §2..o0 per bushel for seed corn 
of a ver}' poor qualitj'. Wichita at that time was 
a hamlet of a few houses and one saloon. Mr. 
King proceeded with the improvement of bis land, 
setting out fruit trees, hedge and forest trees, from 
the latter of which they still obtain all the fuel 
needed. 

Mr. King was electe<1 the first Director in his 
school district and Mrs. King was Chairman of the 
first meeting and administered the oath of office to 
him. They voted upon the question of building a 
sciioolhouse and by the aid of the women present, 
carried it in the aflirmative. Mr. King served as 
Director a number of terms and Mrs. King was the 
one who invited the minister to preach first in that 
vicinity, the services being held at Mr. Carpenter's 
house, and there a Methodist Episcopal church was 
organized. After the sciioolhouse was erected the 
services and Sunday-school were conducted in it 
and Mrs. King was Superintendent of the latter for 
several years. She has been connected with this 
church for the long period of fift}' years. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Cuyahoga 
County, ()hio, July 30, 1812, and was the son of 
William King who spent his last days in Ohio. He 
grew to mature years in his native .State and then 
removed to Indiana where he was married to Miss 
L3'dia Hoover. Of this union there were born 
seven children, all of whom aie li\ing. 



Mrs. King was born near Batavia, Ohio, 

March 14, 1822. and is the daughter of Richard 
and Margaret Allison, the former of whom was 
born in Cayuga Count}-, N. Y. His wife was for- 
merl}' a Miss Patton. Mr. Allison died in Ohio. 
The mother subsequentlj' removed to Indiana and 
made her home with her daughter until her deatii. 
Miss Allison was first married to David Craig, Octo- 
ber 12, 1842, and they settled in Rush County, 
Ind. There were born to tiiem four cliildren, only 
two of whom are living: Demetrius, in the Choc- 
taw Nation, and Huldah M., the wife of Enoch 
Piatt. Mr. Craig died in ^'iuton, Iowa, (to which 
place he had removed with his family) January 6, 
1857. 



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1^5^ OLOMON MILLER. This peaceable and 
^^^^ law-abiding citizen of Falls Township, 
l[l£_Jl) came to Sumner County in 1877, and pre- 
empted eight}' acres of land on section 2, 
to which he subsequently added another eighty 
acres, and is now in the possession of a well-im- 
proved farm provided with convenient and suitable 
buildings. Upon his arrival here he was without 
capital, and has not only evolved from the soil of 
the SunHower State a comfortable living, but man- 
aged to laj- by something for a rain}' day. 

A native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. Mil- 
ler was born May 29, 1837, and lived tiiere with 
his parents until 1846. The family then emigrated 
to Grant County, lud., where they spent their last 
days. The parents wore John and Susan (Penrod) 
Miller, natives of Pennsylvania. John Miller was 
an enterprising and industrious farmer, becoming 
well-to do, and was a leading member of the Pres- 
byterian Church. Possessing decided views, he 
was not easily turned from his convictions, and 
from the time of becoming a voting citizen, gave 
his unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party. 
The parental household included nine children, viz: 
Polly, Daniel, Lizzie, Henry, Mary A., .Solomon, 
Rachel, John and Susan. Three of these are living. 
Mr. Miller was thesi.Klh child of bis parents and 




"Res. or Solomon IVliLLER,3L-cZ3oi:THHALr Falls Tf? Sum mr Countx Kans, 




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Residence of Andrew C2aplinski,Sec.§£,CaldwellTr, Sumner Co. Kans. 



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was reared on a farm in Grant County, Ind., ac- 
quiring Lis education mostly in the district school. 
He worked with his father until after the outbreak 
of the Civil War, then, in 1862, joined the Union 
army as a private in Compan}' K, One Hundred 
and Eighteenth Indiana Infantr3'. He repaired 
with his regiment to Cumberland Gap, and shortly 
afterward was injured in a railroad accident, which 
so disabled him that, being unfit for further mili- 
tary duties, he was obliged to accept his honorable 
discharge. Returning then to tiie farm in his na- 
tive count}', he remained there until coming to this 
State, in 1877. Mr. Miller finds his religious home 
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a mem- 
ber in good standing of the Grand Array of the 
Republic. He keeps himself posted upon current 
events, and is identified with tlie Farmers' Alliance. 

Aliss Mar\- E. Kirkendall of St. Joseph Count^^ 
Ind., became the wife of Solomon Miller, in Fel)- 
ruary, 1864. The j-oung people commenced the 
journey of life together in Grant County, Ind., 
where Mr. Miller prosecuted farming on his own 
account until removing west of the Mississippi. 
To him and his excellent wife there were born three 
children, viz. : Rachel A., Sarah C. and Mary .1. 
Mrs. Mary E. Miller departed this life at the home- 
stead in Falls Townslii|), October 15, 1873. In 
1875 Mr. Miller contracted a second marriage with 
Miss Margaret Clevingcr, of Howanl Count}', Ind. 
There have been born of this union two sons — 
Henry and William — bright and intelligent lads, 
who remain at home with their parents. 

A lithographic engraving of the residence 
wherein Mr. and Mrs. Miller are so comfortabi)' 
domiciled is presented in connection witli this 
sketch. 



^^. NDREW CZAPLINSKI. A well-improved 
farm of two hundred and forty acres in- 
dicates the perseverance and industry of 
^f' this well to-do resident of Caldwell Town- 

ship, who came to this region poor in puise, and 
who has i)y his own exertions and perseverance, sur- 



rounded himself with all the comforts of life. He 
was born in the Province of Posen, Prussia, No- 
vember 30, 1835, and comes of substantial Ger- 
man ancestry. His parents, Toney and Josephine 
Czaplinski. were natives of the same Province as 
their son, and there spent their entire lives. The 
father was a distiller of liquors. There was born 
to them one child only — Andrew, of whom we now 
write. 

The subject of this notice was reared in his na- 
tive Province, and received a common-school edu- 
cation. He was trained to habits of industry, and 
at an early age went to work at the manufacture of 
fur goods. When reaching his majorit}', he deter- 
mined to seek his fortune in America, and accord- 
ingl}' crossed the Alantic, settling first at Toledo, 
Ohio. He worked there at his trade until the out- 
break of the Civil War and soon after the call for 
troops, enlisted as a private in Company B, Thirty- 
seventh Ohio Infantry, which was a'signed to the 
Army of the Cumberland, and to the Fifteenth 
Army Corps, under the command of Grant and 
Sheiman. Mr. CzaiilinskI participated in many of 
the important battles of the war, being at Mcks- 
burg. Missionary' Ridge, and upon other hard- 
fought fields. At Vicksburg, on the 22d of May, 
1863, he was wounded by a gunshot; from this, 
however, he recovered in due lime, rejoining 
his regiment, and on the 25th of November, fol- 
lowing, at the battle of Missionary Ridge, received 
a second wound which disabled him for further 
service. He received his honorable discharge at the 
city of Washington, September 9, 1864. 

Returning now to his native haunts in Toledo, 
Ohio, Mr. Czaplinski established himself in the 
mercantile business, at which he continued until 
1871. The following year, resolving upon a change 
of location and occupation, he pre-empted one hun- 
dred and sixtj' acres of land on sections 32 and 33, 
Caldwell Township, this county. He proceeded in 
true pioneer style to cultivate and improve his land 
and here he has since made his home. He added 
to his first possessions by the purchase of eighty 
acres on section 28, and has brought the whole to a 
productive condition, electing thereon suitable 
!)uildings, and gathering about himself and family 
the comforts and conveniences of modern life. 



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The subject of this sketch was niairied in Toledo, 
November 7, 1865, to Miss Eivina Demki. This 
hidy is a native of the same Province as bor hus- 
band, and was born January 12, 1845. She came 
to America with her parents in 1864, setllino; in 
Archibald, Ohio. Eiglit chihlren iiave been born 
of this union, viz.: Hugo, Laura, Oscar, Charles, 
Hammond, Ada, Annie and Lydia. Laura and Os- 
car died at the ages of ten and seven j'ears, re- 
spectively. 

Mr. Czaplinski has gatliered around liiinself and 
his family the comforts and conveniences of life, 
and a lithographir view of his pleasant homesteati, 
with its principal buildings, is a valuable addition 
to the Album. 



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E WITT .S. P.LACKMON. A well-regu- 
I) lated farm of one hundred and sixt}' acres 



indicates the industry and perseverance 
which have signalized the operations of 
Mr. Blackmon since the year 1877, during which 
he settled on section 14, Walton Township. Aside 
from dealing somewhat in farm lands, he has given 
his attention strictly to agricultural pursuits, mak- 
ing a specialty of stock-raising. A native of Lewis 
County, N. Y., he was born November 24, 1829, 
and is a son of Sylvester and Clarissa (Peek) 
Blackmon, who were natives, respectively, of Con- 
necticut and Vermont. 

Sylvester Blackmon emigrated at an early date 
to Lewis County, N.Y.. whence he removed, about 
1839, to Defiance County, Ohio. He followed 
farming successfully in the Buckeye State and died 
at tlie homesteari where he first settled, in 1864, at 
tin age of about eighty-two years. He became 
well-to-do, leaving an estate worth about $10,000. 
He was one of the early members of the Masonic 
fraternity in that State and, politically, was first a 
Whig and then a Republican. The wife and mother 
died at the homestead in Defiance County, Ohio, 
during the boyhood of her son, DeWitt S. The 
parental family included six children, viz : Per- 



melia, Delia, Maria, Mary, DeWitt S. and Fanny. 
Our subject and his sister Permelia are the only 
survivors, and the latter is a resident of West Vir- 
ginia. 

A boy of ten years when going with his parents 
from his native State to Ohio, Mr. Blackmon was 
reared in Defiance County on the home farm, liv- 
ing there, with the exception of the time spent in 
army, until 1877. That year, coming to Kansas, 
he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land 
on section 14, Walton Township, of which he has 
since been a resident. While a resident of Ohio, 
he, in 1862, during the progress of the Civil War, 
enlisted as a private in Company B, Forty-Seventh 
Ohio Infantry, and served until June, 1865. when, 
the conflict being ended, he repaired to Washing- 
ton. D. C, and received his honorable discharge. 
His duties as a soldier were perfcirmcd in that 
faittiful and uncoui[)laiiiing manner which gained 
him the respect of his comrades and the approval 
of his superior officers. He served in the Army 
of the Tennessee under Gen. Logan and was in 
all of the principal engagements of his regiment 
from the taking of Atlanta to the surrender of Lee. 
The paternal grandfather of Mr. Blackmon 
served in the War of 1812, while his paternal 
great-grandfather shouldered his musket and fought 
with the Colonists during their struggle for inde- 
pendence. He attained to the ripe old age of nine- 
ty-nine years and nine months, spending his last 
years in New York. Mr. Blackmon is a member 
in good standing of the Masonic fraternity and 
also belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. In politics 
he is independent. 

Nearly Ihirtj'-eight years .igo, on the 14th of 
July, 1852, Mr. Blackmon was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Butler. The bride was born in Coshoc- 
ton County, Ohio, December 31, 1834, to John 
and Sarah ( Devall) Butler, who were natives of 
Ohio, and spent their last years there. This union 
resulted in the birth of ten children, viz: Clara, 
Vinal, Jolin, DeWitt S., Jr., Elizabeth, Mary. Al- 
len, Albert, Mattie and Maude. John, Allen and 
Albert are deceased. The Bl.ackmon homestead 
invariablj' attracts the eye of the passing traveller 
as presenting a picture of one of tlie most elegant 
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all its appointments is indicative of cultivated tastes 
and ample means, and its surroundings reflect great 
credit upon tlie intelligence and enterprise of the 
proprietor. The family occupies no secondary 
l^osition among the best residents of tlie township. 



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EWELL S. COZAD. There is probably not 
the limits of Falls Township a more 
arous or enterprising citizen than he 
with whose name we introduce this sketch. He is 
descended from an ancestry possessing marked pe- 
culiarities and who were noted almost uniforml3' 
for their wealth and influence in the communities 
where they resided. The landed possessions of Mr. 
Cozad embrace one tliousand broad acres in Sum- 
ner and Kingman Counties, this State, including 
one of the finest farms on section 15, Falls Town- 
ship, where he settled in the spring of 1880. He 
also owns three hundred and forty town lots in 
Caldwell and valuable real estate in Cleveland, 
Ohio, where he spends the greater part of his time. 
In addition to the prosecution of farming extens- 
ive!}', he is also largely interested in live stock, of 
which he possesses a thorough knowledge and which 
yields him large returns. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Cleveland, 
Ohio, July 23, 1831, and is the son of Samuel and 
INLary (Condit) Cozad, the former of whom was a 
native of New .Jersey. The parents of Samuel 
Cozad ui)on leaving that .Slate settled in Washiiig- 
ington Countj-, ]*a., when their son was a child of 
two jcars. Ten years later they removed to Cleve- 
land, Ohio, where the father de|)arted this life in 
1870. He was a successful farmer and a man of 
large means leaving an estate value'd at 1300,000. 
His farm occupied ground now included in Wade 
Park, whichis one uf the most popular resorts of the 
peoi)le of the Forest Citv. Samuel Cozad in early 
life was a Presbyterian in his religious views, but 
afterward, in compau}' with fifteen others, organ- 
ized the P^uclid Avenue Congregational Church in 
Cleveland, and was largely instrumental in the 



erection of the church edifice. He contributed 
liberally to the support of the society until his 
death. In early manhood he had served as a sol- 
dier in the War of 1812. His father, likewise named 
Samuel, was a native of New Jersey and of French 
descent. 

The mother of Mr. Cozad was likewise a native 
of New Jersey, where she was reared to woman- 
hood. When she was nineteen 3'i'ars old her par- 
ents removed to Ohio, thej' likewise settling in the 
city of Cleveland where Miss Mary met her future 
husband and where they were married. She died 
in Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 1871. Grand- 
father Abner Condit was likewise a native of New 
Jersey. To Samuel, Jr., and Mary Cozad there 
was born a family of six children, viz; Silas H., 
Hettie A., Mary C, William, Newell S. and Martha 
J. Hettie and Newell are the only surviving mem- 
bers of the family; the former is the wife of J. 1). 
Bennett and is living in Kingston, N. Y. 

Mr. Cozad was reared at the old homestead in 
the vicinity of Cleveland and attended the city 
schools until sufficiently advanced to enter an 
academy. Later he was in college two years. He 
then took up the study of law and was admitted to 
the bar in Cleveland about 1 855. He practiced two 
3'ears only but, being inclined to a more active life, 
then abandoned the profession and turned his at- 
tention to farming and gardening near the city, 
which vocation he prosecuted successful!}' until 
187G. That year, coming to Kansas, he purchased 
land and began dealing in cattle with such suc- 
cess that he has since prosecuted the business and 
liecome independent, financially. In the mean- 
time his son Charles, under Ihe able tuition of his 
father, has also developed fine business quabfica- 
tions, and the two together are members of the 
Cherokee Stri|) Live Stock Association, liaving 
large pastures in the Territory and o[)erating under 
the lirm name of Cozad & Son. Mr. Cozad is a 
devout member of the Presbyterian Church, to 
which he gives a liberal support, and in politics lie 
is a sound Republican, strongly advocating prohi- 
bition doctrines. 

Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. 
Cozad, in 1861, joined the arni\- with the '-Squirrel 
Hunters" from Cleveland, a body of men organized 



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to protect the southern border of Ohio. In 1864 
he joined the regular array, enlisting in Company 
D, One-hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, serving- 
one hundred days. His services being then no 
longer required, he received his honorable dis- 
charge and returned to the pursuits of civil life. 

The marriage of Newell S. Cozad and Miss Sa- 
rah J. Goe, of Cortland, Ohio, was celebrated at the 
bride's home June IG, 1858. Mrs. Cozad was born 
in Cortland. May 7, 1835, and is a daugjiter of 
John and Mary (Meek) Goe, who were natives, re- 
spectively, of Ireland and Pennsylvania. The lat- 
ter spent their last years at Cortland, Ohio. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Cozad there have been born a son and 
daughter, the latter named ilary A. and now the 
wife of George W. Brailford. of Caldwell. Charles 
N. is unmarried and remains at home with his par- 
ents. The home farm has been brought to a high 
state of cultivation and embellished with modern 
buildings. Everything which cultivated tastes and 
ample means can afford has been brought together 
in the improvement of the [iromises. and it is not 
only a matter of pride to the people of the neigh- 
borhood, but is the means of enriching the county 
treasury each year bv a iiandsome sum in the way 
of taxes. Mr. Cozad occupies no secondarj- posi- 
tion among the prominent men of this county and 
has contributed his full quota toward advancing 
its material interests. 



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^/OHN STIGER was born in Dale Town- 
ship, McLean County. 111., on the 9lh of No- 
vember. 1845. His father. William .Stigcr, 
1^^ is a native of Bedford Count}', Pa., and his 
grandfather was also a native of the same State. 
Abram Stiger, the grandfather of our subject, was 
reared in his native State, and continued to reside 
there for some years after his marriage. His wife 
was a native of the old Keystone State, and their 
marriage was celebrated at her home in the usual 
style of those times. Hearing the marvelous tales 
that were related of the unsurpassed richness of 



liie soil of Illinois, Abram Stiger packed his house- 
hold goods and family in wagons, and in that man- 
ner they were drawn to their new home in McLean 
County, 111. The}- were among the early settlers 
of that county, and as there were no railroads built, 
or even thought of, they were oblig<;d to travel 
slowly across tiie country, in order that the cattle 
and teams should not be too much fatigued with 
the long journey. 

The father of our subject was but a boy when his 
parents located in Illinois. He grew to manhood 
on his father's farm, receiving such education as 
the schools of the time afforded, and has a vivid 
recollection of the times, when, for want of a nearer 
market and belter facilities for transportation, they 
were obliged^to haul their produce to Chicago in 
wagons drawn by horses or oxen. He has lived to 
see the wonderful transformation wrought by the 
advent of railroads in the State of his adoption. 
He is still a resident of the place where his child- 
hood and youth were pas.-ed. and has no desire to 
remove until he receives the summons to go up 
iiigher. Tlie mother of our subject was Miss Mary 
Beeler. She wis a native of Dale Township, Mc- 
Lean County, 111., and a daughter of William and 
Betsy Beeler, who were natives of Ohio, and pio- 
neers of Dale Township. 

John Stiger was reared in Dale Township, 
where he attended school during the early years of 
his life, but as soon as he was able to work, was 
obliged to do what he could to help his father 
carry on the farm. He remained with his parents 
until his twentieth year, when he started out for 
himself. For a time he worked by the month for 
his grandfather Beeler, and resided in his house, 
then rented a farm and operated it by himself. Be- 
ing industrious and economical, he prospered in his 
undertaking, and was able to la}' up a fair share of 
wealth besides furnishing himself and family with 
the comforts and conveniences of modern rural 
life. 

Mr. Stiger w.as a resident of Dale Township, Mc- 
Lean County, until the year 1883. In the fall of 
that year he removed to Sumner County, Kan., and 
located on section 34, southwest quarter'of Jackson 
Township, where he bought one hundred and sixty 
acres of land. He now has an excellent farm, well 



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improved, having fruit and shade trees, and good 
hiiildings, and neiUiev himself nor family have ever 
regretted leaving their old home in Illinois. 

Septembers, 1865, Mr. Sliger and Miss Mary 
Banner were united in the bonds of matrimony, 
and the union htjs been blessed by the birth of 
eight children, uamel\': William, Edward, Amy, 
Julia, Alice, Ora, Burtie, and Kftie. Mrs. Stiger is 
an estimable lady, and commands the respect and 
esteem of all who know her. Siie is a native of 
Forsythe County, N. C, and daughter of Joshua 
Banner, a native of the same State. The grand- 
father of ^Irs. Stiger, Joshua Banner,as far as known, 
S|)ent his entire life in North Carolina. The father 
of "Sir. Stiger grew to manhood, and Vi'as married 
in his native State, and resided there until the year 
1865, when he removed to Illinois, and settled in 
Dale Township, McLean County. The entiie jour- 
ney was made in wagons drawn l)y horses, and con- 
sumed a great deal of time. The3' camped by the 
way, and during the trip Mr. Banner caught a cold 
which terminated fatally, iibont two weeks after 
their arrival in Illinois. Mrs. Banner was thus left 
a widow with seven children to support. She was 
a woman of energy and si)irit, and succeeded in 
keeping her family together until they were grown 
and able to do for themselves. Her maiden name 
was Amy Ogburn, and she is a native of North 
Carolina. She is now living with a daughter in 
Colorado. The family of Mr. Stiger attend the 
Metiiodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Stiger 
is a worthy member, she having united with that 
denomination in Illinois. 



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^ I^ILLIAM ALLEN McDONALD. There 
\/'Jf '* probably not a more talented lawyer in 
\y^l Sumner County, or one understanding the 
intricacies of his profession more thoroughly than 
Mr. McDonald, who established himself in the city 
of Wellington, in January 1, 1875. He was born 
in Circleyille, Pickaway County, Ohio, December 



1, 1816, and is the son of Patrick McDonald, a na- 
tive of County Donegal, Ireland, and of Scotch an- 
cestry. 

He emigrated to America earl}' in life and loca- 
ted in Circleville, Ohio, where his death took place 
in 1849, when his son, William A. was a child of 
three years. He had been married in Circleville 
to Miss Rebecca Loofborrow, a native of FairSeld 
County, Ohio, and the daughter of Maj. Wade 
Loofborrow. who w.as a soldier in the Warof 1812, 
whom it is believed was a native of Pennsylvania, 
and of German ancestry. The latter settled in 
Fairfield County. Ohio, during its pioneer days, 
aud followed farming there the remainder of his 
life. To Patrick McDonald and his wife there was 
born two children. The brother of our subject, 
John Wade ^IcDonald. now practicing law at .San 
Diego, Cal., was one of the pioneers of Sumner 
County, and hold the offices of Probate Judge and 
Count}' Attorney, respectively, during his residence 
in tlie county. The mother died in 1849; the same 
date of the death of her husband, both dying with 
the cholera. 

Young McDonald was thus left an orphan early 
in life, and was taken into the home of his mater- 
nal uncle, B. F. Loofborrow of Delaware County, 
Ohio, where he attended the common school, ob- 
taining a very good education. In 18Gl,\vhen a 
vonthof not quite fifteen j'ears, the Civil War hav- 
ing broken out, he enlisted as a Union soldier, No- 
vember 26, 1861, in Company I, Eight^'-second 
Ohio Infantr3%and participated in many hard-fought 
battles, among them the second battle of Manassas 
■ or Bull Run, besides minor engagements. At Bull 
Run he was severely wounded and sent to a hos- 
pital, but before being fully recovered, rejoined his 
regiment. Later he i)articipated in the battles of 
Chaucellorsville and Getl^'sburg, and was slightly 
wounded at both places. He fought at Chatta- 
nooga and Mission Ridge, and went with his corps 
to the relief of Burnsidts at Knoxville. He re- 
turned to Chattanooga, and on the 1st d&y of Jan- 
uary, 1864, his term of enlistment having expired, 
he veteranized, .and was granted a furlough of 
thirty days. At the expiration of this time he re- 
joined his regiment at Columbus. Ohio, and soon 
afterward they were ordered to Bridgeport, Ala, 



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Two weeks later Mr. McDonald was placed on de- 
tached duty, and returned to Columbus to assist in 
collecting, drilling and forwarding recruits, drafted 
men. and substitutes to the front. He was thus oc- 
cupied until the close of the war, and received his 
honorable discharge July !2, 1865. 

Upon retiring from the array, Mr. McDonald, 
desirous of increasing his store of book knowledge, 
attended school until JIarch, 1866, at the Ohio 
Wesleyan University at Delaware. He entered upon 
his business career as '' dealer in live-stock, espe- 
cially horses, making his headquarters at Huntsville, 
Ala. He had all these years improved his oppor- 
tunities for reading and observation, and in due 
time became an important factor in politics in Ala- 
bama. On the 29th of April. 1869. he was ap- 
pointed Register of the Land Office .^t Huntsville, 
which office he held for a ))eriod of five years. In 
the meantime he improved his leisure hours b}- 
studying law. In December. 1874. he started West- 
ward, and in January, 1875, arrived in Wellington, 
this State, where he entered in earnest upon his law 
studies, devoting to them his whole lime. He was 
admitted to the bar in Wellington, in 1876. Judge 
W. P. Campbell presiding, and at once opened an 
office, and since that time hns engaged in a continu- 
ous and successful practice. He is considered one 
of the leading meml)ers of the [irofession in this 
part of Kansas. 

Mr. McDonald was married July 4. 1876, at the 
bride's home in Wellington, to Miss Sarah M. Bates. 
Thisl.ady was born in Yates County, X. Y., in April, 
1847, and is the daughter of Charles and Mary 
(Payne) Bates. Her father died December .3, 
1872. The mother is still living, and resides 
in Sun Diego, Cal. Mrs. Bates was the fii-st 
woman to resiile in Wellington. The onlj' child 
horn of this union, a daughter, Mar^r Delia, died 
when three months old. Mr. McDonald cast his 
first Presidential vote for Gen. Grant, but from 
1876 to 1888, affiliated with the Democratic partj'. 
During the Presidential election of the latter year, 
he gave his support to Gen. Harrison. He has 
served two terms as City Attorney, and as an ex- 
soldier, belongs to James Shields Post, No. 57, G. 
A. R., of which he is Past Post Commander, and 
also Post Judge Advocate of the Department of 



Kansas. Socially, he belongs to Wellington Lodge. 
No. 24, A. O. U. W., and is also a member of the 
Masonic Lodge at Wellington. 

He was also a member of the Twentieth and 
Twenty-second National Encampment at San Fran- 
cisco, Cal.. and Columbus, Ohio, 1886 and 1888, 
respectively, Mrs. McDonald is a member of the 
Methodist C'hurch. 



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EORGK II. WINSOR. One of the finest 
( ^»7 farms in Oxford Township is that owned 
^^4 and occupied by the above-named gentle- 
man, who came to this section liefore either'county 
or township ^were organized, and who assisted in 
forming school district No. 1, which extended to 
the Teiritorj'. and in other pioneer work of this 
vicinity, besides m.aking for himself a beautiful 
home. His estate com|)rises a quarter of section 
31, and was staked out by him in the early part of 
April, 1871, before the section survey had been 
made. He was looking for a location with living 
water, and finding a spring and branch, and a dry 
building spot above the spring, he put up a log 
house and a Kansas barn — i. e., a board frame cov- 
ered with straw or willow withes twisted in closely. 
Mr. Winston used the former. He now has a fine 
grove of five acres on the branch, which will fur- 
nish wood enough to keep his fires going for years, 
and an excellent orchard, together with all the usunl 
improvements of a progressive farmer. The resi- 
dence is of a pleasing design and first-class con- 
struction, and two stories in height, and both main 
portion and L are 26x24 feet. It w,as erected in 
1883. 

The birth of Mr. Winsor took place at Dart- 
month, Devonshire. England, October, 3, 1822. and 
the parent.al home was at the mouth of the Dart 
River till our subject h.ad reached the ageof twelve 
years, when a removal was made to Upper Canada. 
The mother, IMary (Couch) Win- or, dejjarted this 
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sof. Sr., having moved to Marion, Iowa, died there 
ill October, 1873. ;it the age of seventy eight years. 

The gentleman of whom ne write grew to matu- 
rity in Canada, and on October 21, 1845, near 
Simeoe, was united in marriage with Miss Mar}' 
Wiltse. The bride was a native of Vienna, Chau- 
tauqua County, N. Y., and a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Nathaniel Wiltse, natives of Dutchess County, 
N. Y. During her early childliood her parents re- 
moved to Canada, where she was educated and 
married. 

Mr. Winsor learned the boot and shoe business 
at Simeoe, and engaged in the same in lliat place, 
aiul later in St. Charles, Kane County. 111., whence 
he removed to Marion, Iowa, after a sojourn of a 
year. Some time after taking up his abode in the 
latter place, he changed his line of business, and 
engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, 
which he continued until 1866, when he located in 
Miami County, and bought an Indian Head Right, 
which he sold four years later to become a resident 
of Kansas. 

Seven children are now living of the ten Ijorn to 
Mr. and Mrs. Winsor. PMward W. is prosecuting 
the ice business in Chicago; Frank is on a farm in 
Avon Township; Jennie, wife of James Hollida}-, 
lives in this county: George G. is now living in 
Avon Township; Harry and A. D. are graduates of 
the Kansas Normal School, and are engaged in 
teaching; Lizzie is also a teacher. All have been 
given excellent eflucational advantages, Mr. Win- 
sor having resided in Oxford for two years before 
there was a school here, in order that they might 
not lack school privileges. 

After his return to his farm and the organiza- 
tion of a new school district, Mr. Winsor was made 
Director and filled that oflice during a period of 
ten years. He has voted the Republican ticket un- 
til within the last four or fiveyears,since which time 
his allegiance has been given to the l^nion Labor 
party. While ever interested in good government, 
he has never aspired to political honors, but has 
endeavored to serve his country in a more quiet 
way, as one of the cool-headed and reliable citizens. 
He is of a social and benevolent nature, and be- 
longs to the Masonic order, the Independent Order 
of (Jdd Fellows and the Farmers" .\lliance. He 



possesses excellent judgment, not only in business 
matters but in affairs which relate to the welfare of 
the community, and is highly respected by his fel- 
low-citizens as one of the most upright and reliable 
of their associates. 



f IfelLLIAM C. F. CUMMINGS, one of the 
\^l/ early pioneers of this county, made his 
W^ first appearance in South Haven Township, 
in 1873, and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
acres of land on section 26. He put up a plank 
house 16x28 feet in dimensions, and occupied this 
several years while he proceeded with the improve- 
ment of his property. His nearest market for some 
lime was at Wichita, to which his grain and pro- 
duce was transported laboriously overland with 
teams. The country was in its wild and unculti- 
vated state, with not even a wagon ro!id,and noth- 
ing to mark a path to any point except an Indian 
trail. The red man still prowled around, while 
buffalo and other wild animals were plentiful, deer, 
antelopes, and a great many wolves. The present 
site of South Haven was marked by a solitary store. 

Notwithstanding the disadvantages under which 
he was obliged to labor, Mr. Cummings was pros- 
pered, and in due time added eighty acres to his 
original purchase. He placed one hundred and 
eighty acres under the plow, reserving the balance 
for pasture and meadow. He planted an orchard 
of api)le trees, and set out two hundred peach trees, 
besides trees of the smaller fruits. The necessary 
buildings were also erected, the plank house giv- 
ing place to a modern and comfortable residence. 
Mr. Cummings resided there until the fall of 1881, 
when he removed to South Haven, where he has a 
pleasant home, including a neat frame dwelling 
with the other necessary structures, and live lots. 
He still retains possession of his farm property, and 
has the management of its operations. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Erie 
County, Pa., June 7, 18:^3, and was reared as a 
farmer's boy. The father, John Cummings, was a 



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native of Slrasbiirg, Pa., where ho lived until reach- 
ing manhood, and then went to Erie County, that 
Slate. There in due time he was married to INIiss 
Sarah, daughter of Michael McKelvy. Grand- 
father MoKelvy wasa native of Virginia, whence he 
removed with his family to Erie Countj% Pa., dur- 
ing its pioneer da3-s. John Cummings, died in that 
county in 1829. The paternal grandfather, John 
Cummings, Sr., was a native of Germany, and emi- 
grated to America when a young man, settling near 
Strasburg, Pa., where he spent the remainder of 
his life. 

When a youth of sixteen years, William Cum- 
mings migrated to Buffalo, N. Y., where he learned 
blacksmithing with his brother John, and where he 
lived five jears. Then starting out again, he com- 
menced traveling over different parts of the United 
States and Canada, working at his trade as oppor- 
tunity afforded. He likewise spent three 3'ears on 
the lakes as fireman On steamers running from Buf- 
falo to Chicago. Fin.ally he located in Kendall 
Countj-, III., where he took unto himself a wife and 
helpmate, being married in 1856, to Miss Anna E., 
daughter of James and Margaret (Wilson) Mack. 
Mrs. Cummings was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
and came to America with her parents in 1846, 
when a child of six 3'ears. They lived for a time 
in New Yorli City, then removed to Illinois, and 
from there to Wright County, Iowa. In the latter 
county the i)nrents spent their l.ast daj's. The 
fattier was a native of Paisley, and the mother of 
Glasgow, Scotland. They were married in the lat- 
ter city, where for a number of years Mr. INIack 
occupied himself as a weaver. In their own coun- 
try' the^' were members in good standing of the 
Baptist Church. 

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cummings re- 
moved to Wright County, Iowa, where Mr. Cum- 
mings worked at his trade, and also prosecuted 
farming about nine years. We next find him in 
Davis County, Mo., where he sojourned about 
seven years, after which he returned to Iowa. From 
there, in 1873, be came to this count}'. 

There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cum- 
mings, eleven children, six of whom are living, 
viz: Addie, Mrs. James Clark, of South Haven; 
Anna, Mrs. William Noble, of Sumner Count}'; 



Wilson; iMattie. the wife of Albert Moss, of South 
Haven; Charles, and Daisy. The five deceased are 
Marion, who died at the ago of six }ears; IJosanna, 
who died when four years old; William who dii'd 
aged sixteen months; Andrew, and Allen, twins, 
who closed their infant e3'es at the ages of two and 
three months. Mrs. Cummings is a member in 
good standing of the Christian Church. Mr. Cum- 
mings, politically, votes the Democratic ticket, but 
otherwise than serving as Justice of the Peace for 
one term, has had very little to do with public 
affairs. 

John Cummings, the father of our subject, wc'iit 
to Canada during the War of 1812, and being a 
citizen of the United States, was arrested as a sp}', 
convicted and sentenced to be shot. He, however, 
succeeded in effecting his escape before the day ap- 
pointed for execution, receiving, it is believed, as- 
sistance from the Masonic lodge, of which he was 
a member. 




IIARLES W. SMITH, the leading agricult- 
ral dealer of Wellington, was born near 
ilton, Oswego County, N. Y,, September 
29, 18.59. His father, James Smith, was born in 
Ireland, and the paternal grandfather of our sub- 
ject was also, as far as known, a native of the Em- 
erald Isle, in which he spent his last years. He 
wasa member of the Methodist Church and reared 
his familj' in that faith. Jaires Smith remained a 
resident of his native land until sixteen years of 
age, when he accompanied his brothers, George 
and Samuel, to America and all settled in Oswego 
County. The father of our subject had been reared 
to agricultural pursuits, and after living in Oswego 
County a few j'ears he bought a tract of timber 
land three miles from Fulton and cleared a farm 
from the wilderness, residing there until 18G.'). He 
then sold out and removed to Fulton, where he en- 
I gaged in the butchering business and where he is still 
I living. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth 
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Her fnllicr. James Mason, came to America with 
iiis frtinilj' and spent his last years near Fulton, 
where he had purchased a farm. .lames and Elizabeth 
Smith reared four children — George L., Kniina .1., 
R. .1., and our sul'ject. 

The gentleman of whom we write attended 
school quite steadilj- until liftecn years of age and 
then commenced working in a grocery store, con- 
tinuing in the employ of one man for four years, 
when with a friend ho started out to seek his for- 
tune in the West. Young Smith was the fortunate 
possessor of $30 in cash as a capital with which to 
begin his life. The- two boj'S visited different 
places in New York and Ohio, and finallj' reached 
I>r3'an, in the latter State, out of funds. They 
started on foot from there and walked one hundred 
and twenty miles to Lenawee County, Mich., where 
they found emploj'ment in a Siwmill at Ottawa 
Lake. After working a few weeks and so replen- 
ishing their pocket books, they went to Adrian and 
there made a contract with the cit^' council to 
number the houses, stores, etc., in that city. After 
completing that job they went to Hudsou and, their 
money being soon spent, they sought work on a 
farm. 

The lads spent but a few days ii agricultural 
labor when the3' started out in the interest of a 
Detroit firm to sell Harper's Circnl'iting Library-, 
and traveled in Southern Michigan from April un- 
til Jui3' when they went to the City of the Straits. 
There our subject met a merchant from Augusta, 
Kalamazoo County, and returned with him to his 
home, where he clerked in a general store sbout sis 
months. He was then offered a better position 
with a farm-implement house and accepted the 
offer, becoming very successful in that line of mer- 
cantile work and making large sales. After a few 
months a Kalamazoo firm made him a very flatter- 
ing offer, but his employers, rather than lose his 
services, took liim into partnership. This connection 
continued about two j'ears when it was terminated 
by the death of one of the partners and Mr. Smith 
went to Kalamazoo, where he entered the service 
of C. A. Crosb}- & Co., a firm which was afterward 
incorporated into the Kalamazoo Wagon Company, 
and traveled in their interest until 1883. 

Mr, Smith then resigned his position and came 



to this place, where he engaged as salesman for 
C. G. Larned & Co., implement and hardware deal- 
ers, with whom he remained two years. He then 
engaged in business for himself and is now carry- 
ing a full line of farm implements of the best 
quality, barbed wire, wagons, carriages, etc. His 
building, which is known as the Wig^wam Imple- 
ment House, is a commodious and substantial 
structure 50x120 feet, and the business which is 
carried on within it is conducted according to the 
highest principles of business integrity and honor- 
able dealing. 

In 1883 the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
between Mr. Smith and Miss Kate S., daughter of 
John G. and Martha M. Schmucker. The bride was 
born in Pennsylvania and is one of those intelligent 
and noble-hearted women who are well fitted to 
make a happy home. The happy union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Smith has been blessed by the birth of 
two children — Ruby L. and Mildred M. 

Mr. Smith is a member of Anchor Lodge No. 9, 
K. of P.. and of Wellington Lodge No. 133, 
I. O. 0. F. In politics he is a stanch Republican, 
and his first vote for President was cast for -James A. 
Garfield. Few young men can look back over a 
more successful career than has been that of our 
subject and he may justly be pleased with the rep- 
utation bestowsd upon him by his fellow-citizens. 
Both he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian 
Church. 



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.TAII M. ADAMS. Few of the prominent 



ELI.1 
residents of Bluff Township are unfamiliar 
I with the personalit3' of the gentleman who 

bears this name, and who, although only coming 
here in 1882, has made for himself a record emi- 
nently creditable, pursuing the even tenor of liis 
way at a well-regulated farm of one hundred and 
sixty acres on section 33. Besides this property he 
has twentj- acres on section 4. He is a self-made 
man in the strictest sense of the term, having com- 
menced life at the foot of the ladder, and has by 



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his own efforts climbed up to a good position, so- 
cially and flnancially. He is prominently connected 
with tiie Methodist Ei)iscop,al Church, hasofHciated 
as Township Clerk, and uniformly votes the Re- 
publican ticket. 

A native of Johnson County, Mo., Mr. Adams 
was born M.ay .3, 1848, and was the sixth in a fam- 
ily of twelve children, the offspring of Daniel and 
Susan (BleCrary) Adams. He spent his boyhood 
days at the homestead in his native county, attend- 
ing first the common schools and later the academy. 
He completed his education in the Blissouri State 
Normal School, at Warrensburg, and remained a 
resident of his native county until 1883, coming 
then to Kansas, and settling upon a claim which he 
had taken in 1876. On the 2lst of March, the 
first-mentioned year, he was married to Miss Louie 
A. Smith, of Johnson County, Mo. This lady was 
born in Wisconsin, February 25, 1866, and is the 
daughter of LaFayette and Sarah (Custard) Smith, 
natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Adams be- 
CTme the parents of four children, viz.: Ida, Al- 
fred, Eva and Lotta. In the sketch of W. P. 
Adams, which will be found on another page of 
this work, there is furnished a more extended no- 
tice'of the Adams family. Elijah M. has given con- 
siderable attention to fruit culture, having a large 
orchard of apple trees, and numerous varieties of 
the smaller fruits. He is a thorough and skillful 
farmer, and has done his share in furthering the 
agricultural interests of this county. 



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A pleasant and valuable 
farm in Wellington Township is owned 
and occupied by the above named gentle- 
man, whose citizenship of this county dates 
from the fall of 1873. when he purchased one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of prairie land, twenty acres 
of which had been broken, and upon which there 
was a small house. Innumerable droves of buffaloes 
crossed the plains a few miles west, deer and ante- 
lopes were plentiful tliroughout the region, and 




farm products had to be hauled to Wichita, thirty 
miles distant, that being the nearest market. Mr. 
Cann has seen the country change from that primi- 
tive and thinly settled condition into a populous 
district, spanned by railroads, where the wild game 
of those early years is rejilaced by herds of domes- 
tic animals, and the far-reaching landscape is cov- 
ered with fertile farms. 

Before entering ui)on a brief sketch of the life 
of our subject, a few words in regard to his pro- 
genitors will not be amiss. His paternal grand- 
father. William Cann, was born near Washington 
D. C, was reared to manhood there, and served as 
as a Justice of the Peace in the Capital City. His 
grandchildren have now in their i)OSsession a bond 
which was given for a deed, and which bears the 
signature of George Washington. From Washing- 
ton William Cann moved to Pennsylvania, in which 
State the father of our subject was born. About 
the year 1820 he became a pioneer settler of But- 
ler County, Ohio, the removal from the Keystone 
State being made by boat down the Ohio River to 
Cincinnati, and thence by sleds to the location 
which he had selected, where he took up a tract of 
timber land and cleared a farm, and where he re- 
sided until his death. 

Amos Cann. Sr., father of our subject, grew to 
manhood in his native State, where he married 
Miss Elizabeth Biddinger, whose father, Freder- 
ick Biddinger, was a farmer and also a native of 
the Keystone State, and who, like the Canns, be- 
came a pioneer settler of Butler County, Ohio, 
where his death occurred. Mr. Cann accompanied 
his parents to Ohio, and cleanng a tract of timber 
land there, built a substantial log house, in which 
our subject was born some years later. Cincinnati 
was but a small village at the time of his removal 
to Southern Ohio, and for many years after, though 
still a small place, was the only available market. 

The people in those days spent their time almost 
entirely at their own homes, the facilities for 
friendly intercourse and travel being limited, and 
many household duties were then necessary, which 
have l.'een done away with by the introduction of 
modern machinery and railroads. The mother of 
our subject carded, spun and wove all the cloth 
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while in Cincinnati, was offered three lots on Main 
Street, between Fifth auf) Sixth Streets, for a linen 
vest he wore, the cloth for which she had made. 

Tlie senior Amos Cann liad liiit meager educa- 
tional advantages in his youth, but being ver^' 
ambitious to acquire a good education, he spent all 
his leisure moments in reading and studying by tiie 
liglit of pine knots, and thus acquireil a thorough 
fund of information, turning it to account as a 
teacher in his native State and later in Ohio, where 
he w.as one of the early pedagogues. This wortliy 
representative of the old regime was gathered to 
his fathers in April. ISXl. His widow is now re- 
siding on tlie liomestead. in Butler Countj-, Ohio, 
and enjoj's a full measui-e of regard as one of tlie 
|)ioneer mothers of the county. 

The gentleman whc)se name initiates this sketch 
is one of tlie eleven clii'dren l)orn to his parents, 
and first opened his eyes to the light January 19, 
1840, in the log house twelve miles soutliwest of 
Hamilton, Ohio. He was reared and educated in the 
home county, and as soon as his strength would 
admit began to assist in farni'woik, taking more 
and more active part in the labors of the estate as 
he grow toward manhood. He was an inmate of 
the paternal household until liis marriage, and then 
rented land in the vicinity, carrying on agricul- 
tural labors there until the period of his becoming 
a resident of this county. He had previously vis- 
ited this State, though not this part of it, and de- 
termined to set up his household gods within its 
borders. His removal here was made by rail to 
Wichita, thence by wagon to this county, where 
he now has a finely improved and thoroughly cul- 
tivated farm, which bears an excellent set of build- 
ings, including a tastj' and comfortable dwelling;. 

The lady who for a quarter of a century has 
I>een the valued companion of Mr. Cann, and to 
whose careful management and amiable disposition 
the comforts of his home are laigely due, is a na- 
tive of the same county and State in which he was 
born, and in which they were united in marriage 
Januarj' 12, 1865. She was christened I'lia-he, 
and is a daughter of Pierson and Margaret Apple- 
ton. She has borne her hnsbjind five children: 
Henry, Sylvester, Maggie, Cliarley and Amos. 

Mr. Cann is now a member <if the Democratic 



party, although for many years he advocatetl the 
principles of R> publicanism. He is a reliable citi- 
zen, an intelligent, enterprising and honest man, 
and has an excellent standing among his fellow- 
citizens. 



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urn's A. BLAIR. Only about twenty-five 
families had made settlement in this county 
when Mr. Blair crossed its borders wiili the 
{^/' intention of making it his future home. 
The face of the country then presented a v.astly 
different appearance from that of to-day, wild 
animals being plentiful, and the primitive dwell- 
ings of the pioneers, few and far between. It 
needed men of more than ordinar3- courage, facing 
such an outlook, to finally resolve upon [lermanent 
settlement, but Mv. Blair was cqu,al to the emer- 
gency, and establishing himself as a resident, has 
since maintained his position. 

Commencing with modest means and dependent 
upon his own resources, Mr, Blair, by a course of 
great industry and prudence, advanced step by 
step until he has now become one of the most 
prominent residents of the county, and is ore of 
its most extensive live-stock dealei-s. His opera- 
tions along the Cherokee Strip have prcb.ably not 
been exceeded by those of any ninn in the vicinitj-. 
He is a Westerner by birth, his native place being 
Plainfield, Hendricks County, Ind., where he first 
opened his eyes to the light Seiitember 20, 1851. 
His immediate progenitors were Knos and Margaret 
(Morgan) Blair. The father was a native of North 
Carolina, whence he emigrated with his parents to 
Hendricks County, Ind., in boyhood, residing there 
until a joung man of twenty years. 

Enos Blair, in 1871, came to Kansas and settled 
in Caldwell, when it was little more than a liamlet. 
He made his continuous residence there until 
1887, then removed to Alamosa, Colo., where he 
now resides. During his sojourn in the Hoosier 
State he carried on farming successfully, dealt in 
live-stock, and was also interested in pork-packing 
at Indianapolis for several years. He became 



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wealth}', bat subsequently met with financial re- 
verses which nearly ruined him. After coming to 
Kansas he continued his live-stock operations. 
He also became interested in newspaper work, and 
for a number of j'ears was editor and publisher of 
the Caldwell 7'o.s/. He had been reared in the 
CJuaker faith, to which he adhered until business 
cares absorbed his mind to the exclusion mostly of 
religious matters. He was identified with the 
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and votes the 
Republican ticket. He is now retired from active 
business. 

Mrs. Margaret (Morgan) Blair was born in 
Knoxville. Tenn., and coming to Kansas with her 
family, died in Caldwell, in 1874. The household 
circle was completed by the birth of five children, 
viz.: Julia, "Will P., John A., Hattie and Francis 
M. The two daughters are deceased. John A. 
spent the early years of his life iii his native town- 
ship, attending first the common school, and later 
entered Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind. ; he 
also studied in a private school at Indianapolis. 
After coming to Kansas he occupied himself as a 
clerk until 1874, and during that year he was 
appointed Postmaster of Caldwell, holding the 
position until 1881. In the meantime he also en- 
gaged in the mercantile business. During the year 
last mentioned he disposed of his store and stock and 
turned his attention to live stock, becoming a 
member of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Asso- 
ciation, of which he has been Secretarj' since the 
time of its organization. He is a Knight of Py- 
thias, Uniformed Rank, and is also a member of the 
Masonic frateinity. He cast his first Presidential 
vote for Grant, and has since maintained his ad- 
herence to the Republican party. 

When approaching the twenty-third year of his 
age Mr. Blair was married, March 17, 1874, to 
Miss Katie Wendell. Mrs. Blair was born in 
Adams County. III., June 5, 1859, and is a daugh- 
ter of the late John H., Sr., and Anna Catherine 
(Kouse) Wendell, both of whom are deceased. 
There have been born of this marriage two daugh- 
ters—Mabel and Marguerite. Mr. Blair has always 
signalized himself as a liberal and public-spirited 
citizen, and the uniform encourager of the enter- 



prises calculated to build up the interests of his 
adopted town. He is amply worthy of representa- 
tion in a work designed to perpetuate the names of 
the leading men of Sumner Count}'. 



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OILN H. PORTER, a farmer residing on sec- 
tion 20, Wellington Township, was born five 
miles east of Madisouville. the county seat 
of Monroe Count}', Tenn., Februar}- 28, 
1862. His father, William W. Porter, was born in 
Washington County, of that State, and his grand- 
father, Boyd Porter, is supposed to have been a 
native of Virginia. The latter moved to Washing- 
ton County during its early cettlement, and there 
improved the farm upon which he spent his last 
years. 

The father of our subject was reared in his na- 
tive county, and learned the trade of a tanner. He 
purchased a farm near Riceville, and established a 
tannery here, managing his farm and operating his 
tannery until 18C2, when he sold out and removed 
to Monroe County, purchasing property and estab- 
lishing himself in similar occupations there. In 
1876 he visited this county and bought two hun- 
dred and forty acres of land on sections 20 and 29, 
of AVellington Township. Sumner County was 
sparsely settled at that time, and there were no rail- 
roads within its limits, so Mr. Porter deferred mov- 
ing here, but continued to operate his farm and 
tannery in Tennessee for several years. He had 
sold his property there, and almost completed his 
arrangements for removal to this .State, when he 
was stricken by disease, and May 21, 1885, breathed 
his last. The maiden name of his wife was Eliza- 
beth .Swan, and she was born in Knox County, 
Tenn. Her father, James Swan, was a native of 
the same county, was a blacksmith by trade, and 
spent his last years at his home near CanipbeH's 
Station. She passed from time to eternity in July 
21, 1884. 

The parents of our subject, and all of the family 
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the father was an Elder for many years. The first 
and third born of the children, James and Fran- 
cina are missionaries in Japan ; Belle is now the 
wife of S. D. Jewell, of New York. The other 
members of the family circle in their order are: 
o'.'T subject, Ella E., Jennie A., Liilie, JNLamie G., 
and Dora. 

In accordance with the wishes of the father, all 
the children, with the exception of James and Fran- 
cina, came to Kansas and located upon the land 
the father had purchased. Our subject being the 
only son here, has superintended the improving of 
the land, has erected an excellent and adequate set 
of farm buildings, and has the estate under thor- 
ough and intelligent cultivation. It is locati^d 
three miles from Wellington, and its situation adds 
to its value from a monetar3' point of view, as well 
as to its desirableness as a residence. 

Mr. Porter received the advantages of the best 
schools of his native county, and supplemented his 
earlier eihication b}' a course of study in Knoxville 
Business College, and is one of the best informed 
young men in the county. He is displaying excel- 
lent judgment and practical ability in his agricul- 
tural work, and has already built up an excellent 
reputation for his manly character, and gives prom- 
ise of becoming one of the most prominent and in- 
fluential citizens of the county when a few more 
j'ears shall have been added to his life. 



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SiHOMAS J. HOLLINGSWORTH,M. D. Al- 
though only establishing himself at South 
Haven, in December, 1888, Dr. Hollings- 
worth has already- succeeded in Imilding ui)a good 
practice, this being done by a strict attention to 
the duties of his profession, and his attitude as the 
encourager of those movements and enteri)rises cal- 
culated for the good of the community. He was 
born in Clay County, Mo., September 1, 1854, and 
obtained his preliminary education in Wyandotte 
County, this State. Later he attended the State 
University of Missouri, from the medical de|)art- 




ment of which ho was graduated in 1877. He be- 
gan the practice of his profession in Wyandotte 
County, and later followed it in Kansas City, Mo., 
and in the city of the same name in this State. 
From the latter he removed to South Haven. 

Of Southern antecedents. Dr. Hollingsworth is 
the son of Jeptha H. and Sarah F. { Jessup) Hol- 
lingsworth, who were natives of Todd Count}', Ky. 
They removed to Missouri in the spring of 1853, 
and located in Clay County. The elder Hollings- 
worth organized the first Battalion of Confederate 
soldiers in Bates County, of which county he was 
at that time resident. A short time afterward he 
removed his family to Collin County, Tex., while 
he remained in the service until the close of the 
war, acting under a Captain's commission. Then 
returning to Platte County, Mo., he engaged in 
stock-raising two years. Next he sold out. and 
coming to Kansas, located in Wyandotte County, 
where he was interested in live stock until his death 
May 27, 1888, at the age of flfty-nine years. The 
wife and mother died at the same farm March 4, 
1884. The elder Hollingsworth was a well-educa- 
ted man, having been graduated from the Louis- 
ville Law University, and he for a number of years 
was engaged in the practice of law in Kentucky 
and Missouri. 

The mother of our subject was a niece of Gen. 
Thomas .S. Jessup, who was at one time a member 
of the Kentuckj' Legislature, and later represented 
his district in Congress at Washington, in which 
city ho died many years ago. She was carefully 
educated, completing her studies at a Female Semi- 
nary in Greenwood, Ky. .She united with the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the age of 
sixteen years, to the faith of which she consistently 
adhered until her death. The father of our subject 
was a member of the Missionarj' Baptist Church, 
with which he identified himself at the ago of 
twenty years, and in which he was an earnest worker 
from that time on. 

The [taternal grandfather of our subject, Jeptha 
Hollingsworth, Sr., was a native of Soutli Carolina, 
and traced his ancestry to Scotland. He was loft 
an orphan when a mere child. When reaching 
man's estate he settled in Kentucky, and was mar 
ried to Miss Mary Gordon, who was born there. 



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They lived in the Blue Grass regions many years, 
but finally removerl to Missonri, where the}- spent 
their last days. Grandmother HoUingsworth was 
a member of the Baptist Church. On the maternal 
side Grandfather William Jessup was a native of 
Ireland, and closely related to the O'Connells of 
that country. He emigrated to America when quite 
young, and was married in Kentucky, where he 
reared a family and died. 

Dr. HoUingsworth of tiiis sketch was married in 
Chicago, IlL, November 29, 1881, to Miss Lois 
Kenyon Fellows, daughter of Mrs. Mary K. Fellows. 
Mrs. HoUingsworth was born September 27, 1861, 
in Syracuse, N. Y., of parents who were natives of 
New York. To the Doctor and his good wife there 
have been born three children, the eldest of whom, 
Jeptha B., died young. The survivors are Albert 
B., and Lola M. F. The Doctor affiliates with the 
Democratic part^', and is a member of Pomeroy 
Lodge, No. 88, I. O. (). F. at Pomeroy, this State. 



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NDEKSON CjILBERT FORNEY. This 
{mil II gentleman and his brother, .J. W., occupy 
leading positions among the farmers and 
stock-raisers of Palestine Township, hav- 
ing about one liiousand acres of land, and dealing 
largely in good grades of cattle, of which they usu- 
ally feed al)out five hundred head annually, besides 
draft and road horses. The term "self-made" may 
properly be applied to Hiem, as when coming to 
this section, they had but little means, but by great 
industry and a wise investment of that which they 
managed to save, they are now comparatively in- 
dependent. ISesides this land they have two other 
good farms and property in Wichita, AYellington, 
and Belle Plaine. Anderson G. m.ny usually be 
found at his headquarters on section 7, Palestine 
Township, where he has a comfortable home, and 
apparently everything around him to make life de- 
sirable. 

A native of (iucrnsey County, Ohio, Mr. Forney 
was born December ;J, is 17. and spent his early 




years in the agricultural districts. His primary 
studies were conducted in the common school, and 
later he entered Cambridge College, Ohio. When 
leaving school, be occupied himself at teaching, and 
in 1867 was married in his native count}-, to Miss 
Samantha, daughter of David and Eliza J. (Hamil- 
ton) Dull. Mrs. Forney was also born in that 
county. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
and her mother of Ohio. Her maternal grandfather, 
James Hamilton, was of Scotch birth and parent- 
age. He emigrated to America at an early period 
in his life, and settled in Pennsj'lvania, where it is 
believed he spent his last days. 

In 186'J Mr. Forney took a trip to Iowa, having 
in view the location of a permanent home, but find- 
ing nothing desiiable, returned to Ohio, where he 
remained until the spring of 1871. His next ven- 
ture was to this county, and he pre-empted one 
hundred and sixty acres of land, which is now in- 
cluded in his present farm. He i)ut up a frame 
shanty which he occupied with his little family for 
several months, and commenced at first principles 
in the construction of a farm from the primitive 
soil. He hauled his provisions from Emporia bj' 
team, the journey occui)ying about two weeks, and 
paid 12 for corn, $9.50 per barrel for salt, and 
twenty-five cents per pound for bacon. AVild ani- 
mals were still plentiful, including deer, antelope, 
buffalo, and turkeys. Mr. Forne^y upon one occa- 
sion assisted in catching a buffalo with a lasso. His 
companions in the sport were John Gilchrist and 
L. Martin St. Clair. They loaded the animal into 
a wagon, and hauled it into the town of Belle 
Plaine, where it soon died, surrounded by an ad- 
miring crowd. Indians were often seen strolling- 
over the country, but they did not offer to molest 
the settlers. 

There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Forne}- eleven 
children, two of whom, Emma and Sylvester, died 
in infancy. The survivors are Amanda B., Frank 
W., Jennie II., Cora, Rosa Nell, Charles D., Mary 
D., Josie, and Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Forney- 
gives his political support to the Republican part}-. 
He has served as Township Clerk, and been Clerk 
of the School Board since taking up his residence 
here. A man of liber.'il and jirogressive ideas, he 
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rent events, and is an earnest worker with tlie Farm- 
ers' Alliance of Home Valley. 

The subject of this notice is tlieson of Jolm and 
Eliza (Wilson) Forne^'. who were also natives of 
Guernsey County', Ohio, where the mother died in 
1863, in the faith of the Methodist Protestant 
Church. Tlie father is still living there. The pa- 
ternal grandfather, Abraham Forney, was born in 
Mar3'land, where he lived until reaching man's es- 
tate, and was then married to a Miss Curtis. They 
emigrated to Ohio in 1802, tiie year in which it was 
admitted into the Union as a State. Grandfather 
Forney opened up a farm in the wilderness, and 
there, with his estimable wife, reared his family, 
and spent his last days. The father of our subject 
occupies that same homestead. Grandfather For- 
ney shouldered his musket during the War of 1812, 
assisting in driving the British finally from Ameri- 
can soil. Mr. Forncjf belongs to the A. 0. V . W., 
Lodge No. 83. of Belle Plaine. 



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JAMES W. BELLER, now a resident of 
Perth, was l>orn in Berkeley County, Va., 
August 29, 1838. Abisha Beller, his father, 
likewise a native of that county, was born in 
1779. He served in the War of 1812, and was by 
occupation a planter. Legacia Beller, James W. 
Beller's grandfather, was born in France. He 
came to the United States when a child, located in 
Virginia and died in Berkeley Count}- at an ad- 
vanced age. He served in tiie Revolutionary 
War, and was a fanner, cultivating a large planta- 
tion. 

Margaret (Morgan) Beller, the mother of the 
subject of this notice, was born in Berkeley County, 
Va., in 1797, and died at the age of sixty-three 
years. To her and her husband, Abisha, there «.as 
born a family of thirteen children, of whom James 
W. is the only surviving member. He was given 
a good education, being graduated from Prof. 
Frarey's High School in Jefferson County, Va. 
Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War lie en- 
listed, September (J. 18G1, in Company H, First 



Maryland l^ragoons, and was mustered out at the 
hospital in Williamsport, Md., December 16, 1862. 
He re-enlisted. January 14, 1863, in Battery D, 
Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, as a pri- 
vate, and was promoted by special order No. IGl, 
Current Series 64, Adjutant General's ottice, Wash- 
ington, D. C, dated April 28, 1864, by order of 
Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Edwin M. 
Stanton, Secretary of War, as Second Lieutenant, 
and assigned with brevet rank of Captain to the 
command of Battery E, Prov'l, Second Pennsylva- 
nia Heavy Artillery, and was taken prisoner l)y 
the Confederate Army, July 30, 1864, in the crater, 
caused from blowing up of the rebel fort, in front of 
Petersburg. 

Mr. Beller for a period of seven months was 
held a prisoner of war in the "officer's prison" at 
Columbia, S. C, being at the expiration of this 
time paroled and passed through the lines at Wil- 
mington, N. C. He arrived at Camp Parole, 
Annapolis, Md., on Sunday, March 3, 1865. He 
was in all the principal battles of the Army of the 
Potomac, except those of the Peninsular campaign 
and the fight at Gettysburg; during the latter 
his battery was stationed at Ft. Ethan Allen, in 
the defense of Washington, D. C. 

After he was mustered out of service Mr. Beller 
returned to Martinsburg, which had now become 
West Virginia, and where he resided for several 
j'ears. He there engaged in the sale of engines 
and sawmills for the firm of Griffith & Wedge, at 
Zancsville, Ohio. In 1879 he went to Porter 
County, Ind., where he was a contractor and 
builder, and where he also engaged in the mercan- 
tile business. He was married there in 1879, to 
Miss Matilda Miller, who died April 1;>, 1885. Li 
1880 he came to Kansas, and for some years was a 
resident of Labette Count}'. On the 1st of March, 
1887. he came to this county, settling in Perth, 
where he is now engaged in the real-estate business 
and insurance, anti is also a Notary- Public. Politi- 
call}-, he is an active, working Republican. 

On the 19th of January, 1887, Mr. Beller con- 
tracted a second mairi.age in Martinsburg, W.Va., 
with Miss Lizzie I., daughter of Dr. John and Mary 
(Elderdice) Carpenter. This lady w.as born near 
Gettysburg, Pa., and was of illustrious ancestry. 



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Her maternal gieat-gramlmotlier was a member of 
llie Royal family of the Stuarts of Scotland, whence 
she went with her family to Ireland when a young 
girl, arid was there married to a ]\Ir. Alderdice. 
which name was afterward written Elderdice. The\- 
left Ireland and came to the United States about 
the year 1797, during the reign of persecution b>' 
Catholics, they being Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. 
They landed at Baltimore, SId., when that city 
was a small town, and letters written by Mrs. Bel- 
ler's great-grandmother, and now in her possession, 
show that there were no postal facilities boj'ond 
the Alleghany Mountains. 

Mrs. Beller is a very superior lady, possessing 
marked literary talent, and for some years has been 
a contributor to various newspapers and magazines. 
For some years also she was associate editress of 
the Martinsburg (W. Va.) Herald, and wrote up a 
history of the county and of the prominent men 
of Martinsburg for the special edition of that 
paper. She was for a time court stenographer, 
serving under the Hon. Judge Charles J. Faulkner, 
now the United States Senator from West Vir- 
ginia. 

Dr. John Carpenter, the father of Mrs. Beller, 
came to Kansas in 188'J, arriving on the loth of 
November. He was born in Adams Count}-, Pa., 
Januarv 20, 1805, and in 1826 removed with his 
father's family to Rochester, N. Y. He studied 
medicine at Rochester, and at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
being graduated at the latter place. He practiced 
near Gett^^sburg. Pa., for a i^eriod of thirty 3ears, 
residing there at the time of the famous battle, 
and acted as surgeon for the wounded during and 
after the conflict. He removed to Martinsburg, 
W. Va., in 18C8, and practiced medicine in that 
city for twenty-one years. His wife, Mary (Elder- 
dice) Carpenter, died there in 1881, at the age of 
sixty-seven years. Dr. Carpenter's maternal an- 
cestors, the Zimmermans, came from Switzerland to 
this country before tiie advent of William Penn. 
When Penn arrived he undertook to naturalize 
the people, and to change all the German and 
Swiss names into English. A part of the people 
agreed to this, while others refused to accept the 
change. Among the latter was one of the Zimmer- 
man's, and that branch of the faniii}' are spread out 



through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland .and 
the West, as Zimmermans, while Mrs. Beller's 
branch of the house use the English version of 
Carpenter. Dr. Carpenter has in his possession 
title deeds to lands in Adams County, Pa., a part 
of which was then called the " Manor of Maske," 
that date back to Penn's residence and were given 
under his hand and seal. Dr. Carpenter's grand- 
mother, who in her maidenhood was Miss Lamon, 
was captured by the Indians in what is now Adams 
County, Pa., about the year 1765, when she was a 
child. Subsequently-, after she had grown to be a 
young lad}', she was recaptured bj' the Provincial 
Army and returned to her famiU'. The Doctor is 
probably the only person living who saw the fa- 
mous Sam Patch make his fatal leap over the Gene- 
see Falls, at Rochester, N. Y., in the year 1828-20, 
he being not quite positive as to which year it 
occurred. He has lived a useful and long life, 
been eminently successful as a physician, and res- 
pected and esteemed by all who have known him. 



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II()ftL\S TRACEWELL. In noting the pio- 
neer settlers of Avon Township, the name 
^ of Mr. Tracewell should occup\' a promi- 
nent position as he came to the frontier in the win- 
ter of 1877 and kieated upon the quarter section of 
land which he had purchased in September ))reced- 
ing. He has maintained his position through the 
scourges of drouth, grasshopi)ers and chinch bugs, 
and still preserves his faith in the future of the 
Sunflower State. He lives comfortably and unos- 
tentatiousl}', occupying a substantial residence and 
has convenient outbuildings for the shelter of stock 
and the storage of grain. This property is pleas- 
antl}- located on section 23, and is represented on 
another page of this work b}' a lithographic en- 
graving. >Ir. Tracewell has not only acquitted 
himself as a thorough and skillful agriculturist, but 
by his integrity of character has attained to a good 
position among his fellow citizens. 

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County, 111., Deeember 29, 1840, ami there spent 
the first thirty seven years of his life. His boy- 
hood .Tiiil yuiith were passed in the manner common 
to farmers' sons, he attending the district sciiool 
mostly during the winter season and growing up 
familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing and reap- 
ing. He remained a member of the parental iiouse- 
hold until ready to establish a fireside of his own, 
and was then united in marriage with Miss Sarah 
J. Hill, April 15, 1874. 

Mr. and Ti'acewell commenced their wedded life 
together on a farm in ti.eir native count}' of St. 
Clair, 111., where thej' sojourned until coming to 
Kansas. Mrs. Tracewell was born May 20, 18ol, 
and is the daughter of Samuel A. and Nancy C. 
(Sargent) Hill, who were both likewise natives of 
St. Clair County, 111., where they were reared and 
married; thence in 1880 they came to this county 
and settled on a farm in Dixon Township. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Tracewell there have been born three 
children, only two of whom are living — Edward 
A. and Jesse H. Eugene died when about four 
months old. 

The father of our suljject was Edward Trace- 
well, a native of \'irginia, who married Miss Mar 
garet Glover, a native of Tennessee. They first 
settled in St. Clair County, III., where they spent 
the remainder of their da}'s, the father occupied 
in the peaceful pursuits of farming. Thomas 
Tracewell is a stanch supporter of the Democratic 
party, but aside from serving as Constable and as 
a member of the school board he has avoided the 
responsibilities of olHce. He forms one of the solid 
elements of his community, a man who casts his 
influence on the side of morality and good order 
and who lives at peace among his neighbors. 



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EMANUEL M. RIFFEL. In noting the 
^ prominent citizens of Downs Township, Mr. 
^ Rifffl c 



cannot be passed by without due 
mention. He is a gentleman approaching the sixty- 
seventh year of his age, having been born May 24, 



1823, and his native place is York County, Pa. His 
father, Henry Riffel, was likewise a native of the 
Keystone State and born ia Adams County. He 
died at the old home at the age of eightj--three 
years. He was a brickmaker by trade, but his last 
years were spen!. on a farm. An industrious and 
law-abiding citizen, he became well-to-do and uni- 
formly voted the Democratic ticket. 

The paternal grandfather of Mr. Riffel was 
Meltcher, a native of New Jersey, who moved to 
Pennsylvania and spent his last days in Adams 
County. He was a farmer by occupation and 
during the Revolutionary War carried a musket in 
behalf of the Colonists. Tiie mother of our sub- 
ject bore the maiden name of Lydia Wolford. She 
was born in York County, Pa., and was the daugh- 
ter of George and F'Jiza Wolford. who were among 
ths earliest settlers of that State. Grandfather 
Wolford followed farming and was a conscientious 
member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Lydia 
(Wolford) Riffel departed this life about 1881 in 
York County, Pa., at the age of seventy-nine 
jears. 

The subject of this notice was the eldest of the 
seven children born to his parents. He was reared 
on ttie farm in his native county and educated in 
t!ie common school. When quite young he began 
an apprenticeship at carriage-making, which he 
completed in Maryland, to which he had repaiicd 
in 1840. li 1S49, he emigrated to Cincinn.-Ui, 
Oiiio, where he sojourned three years, woi'king at 
his irade, then went into Butler County, that State, 
and sojourned there until 1S8.>. That year found 
him first west of the Mississippi and upon Kansas 
soil. Locating in Perth, this county, lie cstal)lished 
himself in business as a carriage-manufacturer, 
which he has since successfully followed. He <lif- 
fors in his political views from those entertained 
by his honored father, being a sound Republican. 

While a resident of Cincinnati Mr. Riffel was 
married June 30, ISiiO, to Miss Hannah Mitchell. 
This lady was born in Pennsylvania October 21, 
1833, and is the daughter of John and Mary 
(Baughman) Mitchell, who, upon removing from 
Maryland settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, wli. re the}- 
both died at an advanced age. They wtre natives 
respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Of 



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Ibis union there were born seven children, namel.y : 
John, Charles, Mary, William. Thomas N., Ernest 
and Harry. John died when a babe of three and 
one-half months; William was called hence when a 
])romising youth of eighteen years; Harry died 
when fourteen months old. The survivors are 
living in different States. 



4ILL1AM P. ADAMS. The farmers and 
stockmen of Caldwell Township have a 
^S?^ worthy representative iu this gentleman, 
an<l his career affords a fine example of what can 
be accomplished by persevering industry, integrity 
and wise economy. He began life with no capital 
except his native abilities, his physical energy, and 
his determination and he is now the owner of a 
well-improved farm, comprising one hundred and 
fortj'-six acres on section 7, and is regarded as a 
very successful agriculturist and fruit-grower. 

The parents of our subject are Daniel and Susan 
(McCrary) Adams, now residents of Johnson 
County, Mo. The father was born in North Caro- 
lina but at an earl}- date emigrated to bis present 
|)lace of abode, where he has been County Judge 
and Justice of the Peace. He has followed farming 
throughout his life and has accumulated considera- 
ble means. His father, John Adams, was a native 
of North Carolina and became a resident of John- 
son County, Mo., in 1833. John Adams served 
under Gen. Jackson in the War of 1812, and his 
father was a Revolutionary soldier and a partici- 
pant in the battle of King's Mountain. The mother 
of our subject was born in Tennessee and has borne 
ber husband twelve children, namely: John A.. 
Elizabeth, William P., Jane, Christina, Elijah M., 
Ellen, Roliert, Thomas, Emma, James and Frances. 
The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
Johnson County, Mo., May 29, 1H4-1, was reared 
on the farm and received a common-school educa- 
tion. When about nineteen years of age be en- 
tered the Federal army as a private in Company G., 



Seventh Missouri Cavalry, serving his country to 
the best of his ability from the date of his enlist- 
ment in 1863 until the close of the war. His 
regiment belonged to the First Brigade and be 
participated with bis comrades on many a bard 
fought field. 

Mr. Adams moved from his native county to 
Humboldt County, Iowa, in 1875, but sojourned 
there only a few months ere becoming a resident of 
Kansas. He took up a claim which has since been 
bis home and which energetic and systematic man- 
agement has brought to a high state of perfection 
and which now forms one of the most attractive 
l)laces in the vicinity. Among its excellent im- 
provements are a fine residence and orchard, in the 
former in which he secures needed rest from the 
toils of life and pleasing recreation in the bosom of 
his famil}', while in the care of the latter he gains 
both pleasure and profit. 

The marriage of Mr. Adams and Bliss Josephine 
McCurdy took place September R, 1870, and has 
been blessed by the birth of four children : Lenfi, 
Ruby, Ralph and Irwin. Mrs. Adams is a daughter 
of William J. and Margaret (Smith) McCurd}', and 
was born near Dalton, Ga., and is a lady of estima- 
ble char.acter and agreeable manners. Mr. Adams 
is a member of the Grand Armj' of the Republic 
and he and his wife belong to the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Chuich. 



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I^^UMPHREY B. OSBURN came to Sumner 
~T C(nmty in the fall of 1880 and settled on 
section 24, Greene Township, where be has 
ii^ since been a resident and where he is car- 
rying on the occupations of farming and stock-rais- 
ing in which all of his years of maturity have been 
spent. He owns a large and valuable estate, com- 
prising six hundred and forty acres on sections 24 
and 25, and is one of the most highlj' respected 
residents of the township as well as one of its large 
land owners. 

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County, Mo., and his natal da^^ was March 15, 
1835. His father, Martin Osburn, was a farmer, 
and our subject not only obtained the best educa- 
tion possible under tiie surroundings of his early 
life, but also acquired a practical and thorough 
knowledge of agriculture, whicli has stood him in 
good stead since lie began life for himself. He was 
about twelve years of age when the family' moved 
to Andrew County, Mo., where he grew to man- 
hood and remained until his thirtieth year. He 
then moved to Nemaha County, Neb., where he 
resided tliree years, after whicii he settled in Wortli 
County, Mo., and continued to abide there until 
his removal to this county, where he has accumu- 
lated property and been a useful citizen. 

Tiie marriage of Mr. Osborn took place in An- 
drew County, Mo., his chosen companion being 
Miss P^rnma Bohart, who grew to womaniiood tliere, 
but is a native of Buchanan Count}'. Six living 
children brighten the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Os- 
burn, a cluster of maidens who bear the names of 
Anna C, Sarah E., Elsie, jMartlia, Alice and Fan- 
nie. Three sons, James, Martin and Humphrey 
v., have been taken from them by death. 

Mr. Osburn has held the ofHce of School Treas- 
urer ever since coming to Kansas. Politically lie 
Is a Democrat and never fails to east his vote in 
the interest of his party. Both he and his wife 
have high standing in the Christian Churcli, of 
whicli they liave been itiembers for many j'ears. 



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.OBERT W. LEMON n. The mercantile in- 
r terests of Hunnewell are prominently rep- 




Jl\ \\\ resented by the subject of tliis notice, who is 
^ President of the City Council, Clerk of the 
School Board and who is seldom without some of- 
fice of trust and responsibility. He is a gentleman 
in the prime of life, liaving been born Marcli 27.' 
1847, and Ids native [)lace in Gonzales Count}', 
Tex. lie was reared to manhood in the Lone .Star 
State on a. stock farm, and acciiiircd his education 
by walking four miles to a district scliool, which he 



attended five months, this comprising his book- 
learning. He, however, has improved his leisure 
time and keeps himself posted upon current events 
and by his habits of thought and observation, has 
formed an intelligent character which no one would 
suspect of having been deprived of the ordinary 
scliool advantagesof a civilized community. 

Young Lemond r^^mained with his parents, John 
and Nancy (Brown) Lemond on the farm in Texas 
until May, 1863. The Civil War being then in 
progress, he, althougii being but sixteen years old, 
enlisted in Company E, Ford's Regiment of the 
Confederate Army and served as a non-commis- 
sioned officer until November following. He was 
then promoted to be First Sergeant with a regular 
commission and served in that capacity until the 
the close of the war. In the meantime he liad also 
had command of the company. 

Returning now to the old farm in Texas young 
Lemond sojourned there until 1882, being asso- 
ciated with his father as a live-stock dealer, they 
keeping from one thousand to five thousand head 
of horses and cattle on their ranche. These they 
disposed of largely in the Kansas markets, to which 
they drove large herds periodically. 

John Lemond departed this life at Gonzales, 
T< X., in 1878, aged sixty-three years. He was a 
native of North Carolina, whence he removed to 
Texas at an early da}'. His wife, Nancy, survived 
him until 1881, dying at Gonzales whenabout fifty- 
five years old. The parental household consisted 
of eight children of whom Robert W. was next 
to the eldest and of vvhom besides himself, 
there is only one survivor. One brother, Alexan- 
der, was killed while in the Confederate service 
during the late war. Upon leaving Texas Roliert 
W. located on a ranche in the Indian Territory, 
where he sojourned until 1885, coming then to tliis 
county. He was married at Hunnewell, .Inl}- 17, 
1883, to Miss Lena, daughter of G. A. and Lucinda 
(Vernon) Hale. Of this (his second) marriage, 
there have been born two children — Walter and an 
infant unnamed. The first wife of Mr. licmond, to 
whom he was married in Texas, was Mrs. Blattie 
(Pi ice) Apath. That union resulted in the birth 
of three children, viz: Cornelia A., Kate II. and 
Robert W. Mrs. Matlie Lemond die,! in 187!) at 



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Colem.in, Tex. Slie taught school some _years in 
Texas and for one tenn Mr. Lemonci was her pupil. 
Mr. Lemonci in Mareli. 1887. after locating in 
Hunnewell associated himself in partnership with 
George K. Van Hook, under the lirm name of Van 
Hook & Leniond. They have a full line of general 
merchandise, including groceries, hardware, flour, 
wood and queenswarc. aTid carr}' a otock of fjoni 
$2,000 to ^4,500. Their sales aggregate proliably 
§12,000 per year. Mr. and Mrs. Lemond are 
prominently connected with the Presbyterian 
Church in which Mr. Lemonvl olliciates as Superin- 
tendent of the Saliliath-schoo'. He mixes very 
little in political affairs aside from giving his hearty 
siippf)rt to the Democratic part}'. 



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AVID M. HARDMAN. Among those 
who arrived in Oxford Township in time 
to assist in its eaily growth and develop- 
ment was Mr. Hardman, who pitched his 
tent on section 1, in the fall of 187G. He had 
come to this vicinity the 3'ear previous and still 
remains upon the land which ho purch.ased as a 
claim, and upon which he has effected nearly all of 
the imi)rovements which to-day attract the attention 
of the passing traveler. His farm embraces two 
hundred and forty acres of fertile land, which is 
finely adapted to general farming and stock-rais- 
ing. 

The subject of this sketvli was born in W.ayne 
County, Ind.. .Tune !t, 1835, and lived thereuntil 
reaching mature years. His father, Israel Hard- 
man, was a native of Kentucky, and born October 
12, 1801. The latter removed with his parents to 
D.iyton. Ohio. Grandfather David Hardman was 
one of the hardy pioneers of Kentucky, and was with 
the famous Daniel Boone at the siege of Blue Lick 
and Boonesboro. He married a Miss Leatheiman. 
of Mrginia, and removed to Ohio during the time 
of the pioneer days of the Buckeye State, settling 
near Dayton. I here his son Israel, the father of 
our subject, grew to mature years and was married 



to Miss Elizabeth "W.agoner. Later -Israel Hard- 
man emigrated to Indiana and settled in Wayne 
Count}', where he followed farming until 1855. 
That year he removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, 
where he sojourned until his death, in 1S78. He 
was a member of the German Baptist Church. The 
mother hail passed away in 1860. 

David M. Hardman, during his younger years, 
learned car|)entering. He remained under the 
home roof until after his mother's death. In the 
meantime he was mariied, September 7, 1859, to 
Miss Elizabeth Ullrick, the wedding taking place at 
the bride's home. A year or two later Mr. Hard- 
man set out overland to California, where he built 
a mill on Center Creek in Am.ador County. He 
superintended the operations of this until the fall 
of 1866. in the heart of the mining regions. He 
then returned to his old haunts in Iowa, via the 
Isthmus and New York City, arriving at his des- 
tination in December, that year, after an absence of 
five years. 

Again resuming operations as a carpenter, Mr. 
Hardman also engaged in millwrighting, remaining 
there until his removal to this count}'. He came 
here with the expectation of putting in the ma- 
chinery of the Oxford Water Mill, the first struct- 
ure of au}' iuipoilance in the county. Upon his 
arrival here he assumed a half interest in the enter- 
prise in company with Joseph Hewett, completed 
the mill and then sold out. This mill was driven 
by water-power from the Arkansas River, having a 
fall of ten feet in a mile race. Mr. Hardman was 
obliged to build a dam across the river above the 
island in the form of a V, running from the island 
up stream, instead of straight across. After with- 
drawing from the mill Mr. Hardman purchased the 
land which he now owns. The bottoms were 
flooded in 1876, Tvhere the year previous, there 
had been raised seventy-five bushels of corn to the 
aci-e. This flood swept down millions of cotton- 
wood trees, thousands of which were taken to dif- 
ferent counties and planted. These trees have now 
grown to be sixteen and eighteen inches in diame- 
ter, forming fine wind-breaks and a grateful shade in 
summer. Mr. Hardman while carrying on the im- 
provements of his property has, nevertheless, main- 
tained an interest in the welfare of his adopted 



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L()wnslii|i, sen'viiig ;is a Schuul Dii'ecloi' in iiis dis- 
trict, and givinn his support and encouragement to 
liie various cnteiprises tending to the good of tiie 
people. lie votes the straiglit Republican ticket, 
and is identified with the Ancient Order of United 
Workman. 

Mrs. Ilnrduian was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
Deccml'er 23, 1831), and is the daughter of John 
anil Margaret (Galz) nirick, who removed to Iowa 
in liSoo. Mr. Ullriok was a native of Hesse, Ger- 
many, and for nine years served in the German 
army, being in the wars against Napoleon. There 
were born to him and his estimable wife three chil- 
<h'en, all natives of the Fatherland. I'pon emi- 
grating to America tliey settled in the city of 
Baltimore, where they sojourned from 1830 until 
1835, and then removed to Ilagerstown, Pa. In 
1855 the3' turned their steps Westward, locating in 
Iowa, where the mother died in 1878, at the age of 
seventy-four years. Mr. nirick only survived his 
wife one year, dying in Octolier. 1879, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-four years. 

Of the four children born to Mr. and ^Iis. Hard 
man only two arc living — Laura F. and Charles 
Warren — who remain at home with their |)arents. 
Katie and Ralph arc deceased. Mr. and Mrs. II;ird- 
man have made many friends during their long so- 
journ in this county, wheic their upright lives and 
hospitality have secured them tlie universal resjject 
of all who know thcni. 



^?^ EORGE W. FRIEND. Illinois is acknowl- 
I( <^rF ^*^o^'^ '■o '^e one of the most prosperous 
^^^1 States of the I'nion, but Mr. Friend, in 
October, 1877, concluded he could remove to sonic- 
thing better west of the Mississippi, and accord- 
ingly gathering togetlier his family and household 
goods, set his face toward the State of Kansas. 
Coming to this county he selected one hundred and 
sixty acres of laud, on section "29, Harmon Town- 
ship, and proceeded to build up a homestead. He 
was [irospcred in his labors, l)ringing the soil to a 



giiod stale of cudtivation, erecting substantial 
buildings, and effecting the otiier improvements 
naturally brought about by the enterprising and 
progressive farmer. 

Mr. Friend has been raalerially assisted in his 
labors by his estimable and capable wife — a lady 
who has proven a most efficient helpmate to her 
husband, encouraging him in his worth3' endeavors, 
and l)y the wise and prudent management of her 
household affairs lias been no unimportant factor 
in the accumulation of their property. Mrs. Friend 
has illustrated in no small degree the manner in 
which a woman may influence the well-being and 
prosperity of a husband and a family. Mr. Friend 
gives his attention to general farming and stock- 
raising, making a specialty of minding his own con- 
cerns, and has Iteen prospered in [troporlion. The 
family occu|)ies no secondary position aniong the 
best social elements of their connnunity. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Cham- 
bersburg. Pa.. February 3, 1838, and li\'ed in his 
native city until a Ijoy of seven or eight years. He 
then removed with his parents to Baltimore, I\Id., 
of which they were residents four years. From 
there they went to Havre de Grace, that Slate, and 
not very long afterward to Philadelijhia, Pa. In 
1857 they sli'uck out for the West, and took up 
their al)ode in Springfield, 111. 

After the outl)reak of the Civil War Mr. Friend, 
in August, 1802, enteied the ranks of the Union 
Army, as a member of Company E, One Hundred 
and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Soon afterward 
he went with his regiment to the fiont, and partici- 
pated in the siege of Vicksburg, and the battles of 
Jackson, Henderson Hill, Ft. Drusey, Pleasant 
Hdl, Yellow- Bayou, Lake Chicot, Tupelo, Nash- 
ville and Mobile. He was for about one and one- 
half years on detached service, in the pioneer corps. 
He escaped wounds and capture, and at the close of 
the war was mustered out of tlie service at Camp 
Butler, Springfield, III., receiving an honorable 
discharge. 

After leaving the army ilr. Friend established 
himself inSi)ringficld, III., as a clerk in a clothing 
store, remaining there one j'ear. Later he engnged 
in the mercantile business for nearly ten years, and 
until the fall of 1877, He then entered upon a, 



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new depnrtnrc, coming to Kansas and engaging in 
agricultural pursuits. Tliese lie has found congenial 
to his tastes and health, and has ))een fairly pros- 
perous in his undertakings. He votes the straight 
Republican ticket, and has held the office of Town- 
ship Trustee for the past year. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
Friend are members in good stan('ung of tbe Meth- 
odist F.piscopal Church, attending services at the 
Plain View school-house. 

The marriage of CJeorge W. Friend and Miss 
Adeline Taylor was celebrated at the bride's home, 
in the cit^' of Springfield, III., October 9, 1859. 
Mrs. Friend was born _in Sangamon County, 111., 
January 23, 1841, and is the daughter of Jeffersor 
Taylor, a native of Kentucky. The mother is de- 
ceased, and the fatlier lives in Sangamon County, 111. 
Her father's family consisted of seven children, six 
of whom are living. Of her union with our sub- 
ject there have been Iborn three sons and one 
daughter, viz.: Elmer; Norali, who died at the 
age of .five years; George and William H. 'Mr. 
Friend as a Union soldier belongs to Belle Plaine 
Post, G. A. R., at Belle Plaine. 



« jyiLL T. WALK! 

\/^// notice is one of 

W^ cityof Wellingt 



ILL T. WALKER. The subject of this 
of the influential men of the 
ty of Wellington, and this part of Kansas, 
possessing more than ordinary ability and highly 
spoken of by all who know him. He follows the 
practice of law and makes a specialty of the pension 
business. He has been a resident of Wellington 
since April, 1885, and makes his headquarters at a 
well-equipped office on Washington Avenue. 

Mr. Walker was born in Hancock County, Ind., 
October 17, 1849, and there grew to mature years, 
pursuing the common brandies of stud^' in the 
schools of that localil}-. He com[)leled his literary 
education in Spiceland Academy in Henry County, 
Ind., after which he for a time was engaged in var 
ious pursuits and then commenced the reading o( 



law. He was admitted to practice at the age of 
twenty-seven years, in November, 1876, commenc- 
ing his maiden efforts at Scottsburg, Scott County, 
Ind. He continued there until April, 1885. In 
the meantime he officiated as Master Commissioner 
of the Circuit Court of that county from the time 
the office was created until it was abolished in 
1883. 

Mr. Walker, in 1882, was a candidate on the 
Republican ticket for Congress in the Third Indiana 
district. The district being largely Democratic he 
was defeated. In 1884 he was a member of the Repub- 
lican National Convention which nominated James 
G. Blaine for Presidenl. The same year he repre- 
sented his district on the Indiana Republican State 
Central Committee, serving with efficiency. In 
1873-'75 he was an officer of the State Senate of 
Indiana, and in 1881, at the regular and special 
session of the House of Representatives of Indiana, 
was an officer of that body. 

Upon locating in Wellington Mr. Walker en- 
gaged for a time in general law business, gradually- 
working into the pension practice to which be 
seems peculiarly adapted, Iiaving the bulk of this 
business for all of Southern Kansas. In April, 
1886, he was elected Police Judge of the city of 
Wellington and re-elected in 1887 without a dis- 
senting vote. During the session of 1887 he was 
assistant chief clerk of the Kansas House of Repre- 
sentatives. He has always been a Republican in 
politics and is a member in good standing of the 
Presbyterian Church. He has for many jears been 
a Knight of Pythias and at the present time is 
Grand Prelate of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. 

At Greenfield, Ind., December 3, 1874, Mr. 
Walker wns wedded to Miss Kate Pierson. Mrs. 
Kate Walker survived her marriage less than a 
year, dying October 17, 1875. Mr. Walker con- 
tracted a second marriage July 4, 1881, with Miss 
Kate McKinney, of Loogootee, Ind. This lady 
was born in Washington County, Ind., November 
30, 1852, and removed with her parents to Martin 
Count}', where she remained until her marriage. 
Her parents were Griffin and Mary A. (Williams) 
McKinney, who were natives of Indiana and Ken- 
tucky, respectively, the father deceased. Griffin 
McKinney who died in August, 1886, aged seventy- 



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389 



one 3^eai'S, was born in MonU'ziuiia, In(l.,in 181o,and 
w;is a soldiei- in the ^lexicnn vvnr. He liad traveled 
when a young man over Spanisli Nortli America 
and liie nortiiern portions of S(jiitli America. Tlie 
mother is still livint;-. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are 
the parents of one child, a daughter, Mary Pearl. 
The father of our subject was Uoliert Walker, a 
native of Clinton County, Ohio, and horn March 
10, 1824. When si.x j'cars old he was taken by his 
parents to Rush County, Ind. They remained there 
a few \cars and then icnioved to Hancock County, 
Ind., and lived there until 1871. He married Miss 
Martha A. Tibbcts and thej' reared a family of 
eight children, seven of whom are still living. The 
Walker family in 1871 removed to Scott County, 
Jml., where the [jarents still reside. Robert Walker 
has long been a member of the Masonic fraternily 
and is also a Knight of Pvlhias. 



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AVID W. DORSETT. It is nearly a 
)V score of years since this gentleman took 
^ up his residence in this county- and began 
at once to take rank as an upright citizen, 
an industrious man, and a kind neighbor. His 
home is pleasantlj- located on section 22, Harmon 
Township, and comprises eighty acres of fertile 
an I thoroughly cultivated land, bearing an excellent 
set of farm buildings and such other improvements 
as are to be expected of a man of his ability. 

Mr. Dorsett is the fourth child in a family com- 
prising nine sons and daughters. His [larents, 
Samuel and Elizabeth (Walker) Dorsett, are natives 
of North Carolina, in which State they lived until 
1844, when they settled in Adams Countj. 111., 
where they sojourned forty jears. They then 
moved to tills county and are now honored resi- 
dents of Harmon Township. 

Our subject is a native of North Carolina, where 
his e3-es first opened to the light April 4, 1842, and 
he was therefore but two years old when the famil}' 
removed to Illinois. There he grew to manhood, 
was educated, and entered upon the pursuit of agri- 



culture. Though a native of the Suuth and of 

Soul hern parentage, he was not in sympathy with 
the States that desired lo leave the Union, and with 
all the ardor of his young soul ho desired to assist 
in the preservation of the Government which he 
had been taught to revere. On .luly 30. 1862. 
though not yet of age, he was enrolled in Com- 
pany B, Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, and until the 
close of the war faithfully served his country in 
the ranks, being mustered out of service at Wash- 
ington, D. C. and honorably discharged '-when the 
cruel war was over." 

Returning to his former home, Jlr. Dorsett con- 
tinued to live in Illinois until the fall of 1871, 
wliei^ he came to this county and pre-empted one 
hundred and sixty acres of land where he is now 
sojourning, being therefore one of the oldest settlers 
in this county. He has served both as Trustee of 
Belle Plaine Township and Treasurer of Harmon 
Township, and also as Justice of the Peace, and in 
every position of i)ublic responsibilit}- has shown 
himself worthy of the trust reposed in him. He is 
a member of Belle Plaine Post, Grand Army of the 
Republi(\ at Belle Plaine. 

In IMiss Harriet Baxter, a native of Carroll County, 
Ohio, born A[)ril 1, 18.50, Mr. Dorsett found united 
the rjualitics which he desired in a companion, and 
after a successful wooing he was united with her in 
marringe, the ceremony taking place in Schuyler 
County, 111. Mis. Dorsett is a daughter of John 
and Ellen (Moore) Baxter, now residents of Brown 
County, Kan., and is the fifth of tlie ten children 
born to them. Her ha|)py union with our subject 
has been blessed b}' the birth of seven children: 
Samuel B., Elizabeth E., Orie L., Effle B., Loren 
E.. Willie F. and Delia F. 



Tf^^RED JAY. The subject of this notice is a 
ji-;^ favorite in the anuisement circles of .South 
ilij Haven, conducting a billiard hall, and at all 

times deporting hin-self as a gentleman. He is a 
little over thirty-one years old, having been born 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 



August G, 1858. aiifl Uis native place was Portage 
Cit}', Wis. While he was still a mere child his 
parents, .Toiin C. and Lucy C. (Waters) Jay, re- 
moved to Southern Iowa where they sojourned for 
a lime, then elianged their residence to Northern 
Missouri. 

Tlie next removal of the Ja) family was to AVin- 
ncshiek County. Iowa, and we next find them in 
Hancock County, that State, located on a farm and 
where tlie boyiiood days of their sou Fred were 
chielly .spent. He attended the district school and 
assisted in the lighter labors of the farm, remaining 
there until 1882. Then a young man of twenty- 
four years, he went up into Dakota and purchased 
a claim where he engaged in farming about tw(» 
years: he also operated as an insurance agent, and 
at tlie same time sold agricultural implements. In 
the meantime his mother kept house for him until 
his marriage, which occurred .Inly 21, 1885. The 
lady of his choice was Miss Frances E. Mosier. 
who was bom in Morgan County. Mo., in 1856. 

Remaining in Dakota until the fall of 1885. Mr. 
Jay then, with his wife, parents and sister, and the 
husband of the latter, set out overland by team for 
this Slate, and after an enjoj-able trip of two 
months landed in South Haven. Soon afterward 
Mr. Jay purchased his present residence. The fust 
season he occupied himself in buying and selling 
corn. In January, 1887. he purchased an interest 
in the billiard hall and later became sole proprie- 
tor, and is now in the enjoyment of a profitable 
business, lie owns considerable cit\- property and 
is generally well-to do. To Mr. and Mrs. Jaj* there 
has been born one child, a daughter. Cora. 



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^ AMES H COX. He. with whose name we in- 
troduce this biograiihical outline, is accred- 
ited with being one of the most extensive 
and prosperous farmers of Falls Township. 
Intelligent and enterprising, he h:is been the archi- 
tect c)f his own fortune and is the owner of eight 
hundred acres of valuable land, all in one body. His 



possessions have all been accumulated since com- 
ing to this State. He came to this county in 187G 
and pre-era])ted one hundred and sixty acres of 
land on section 12, Chikaskia Township, where he 
lived until 1882. Then, selling out. he purchased 
the whole of section 3. Falls Township, where he 
established his homestead, and he also owns one 
bundled and sixty .acres on section 10 of this town- 
ship. He gives his entire attention to farming and 
stock-raising, of which he makes an art and a science 
and from which he realizes handsome returns. 

A native of Carroll Count\', Ohio, Mr. Cos was 
born March 4, 1844, to Zebediah and Elizabeth 
(Ryan) Cox. Zebediali Cox was born in Maryland 
in 1801 and cmigr.ated to Ohio when a young man. 
He spent the remainder of his life in the Bucke^-e 
State, dying in Harrison Count}-, in 1865. He 
learned carpentering during his earl}' manhood, but 
subsequently engaged in farming as a more con- 
genial pursuit. The paternal grandfather of our sub- 
ject w.as Sheridan Cox, a native of Maryland, who 
spent his Last years in Ohio. Mrs. Elizaljeth (Ryan) 
Cox, likewise a native of Maryland, was born in 
1809, and died in Wyandot County, Ohio, in 1858. 

To the parents of our suliject there was born a 
family of nine children, viz: Sheridan, Joshua, 
Samuel, Mary, Hiram, James H., Rachel, William 
and Martha. They aie all living with the excep- 
tion of Hiram, who died when about twenty-one 
years old. James IL. the sixth child, was reared in 
Carroll and Wyandot Counties, Ohio, attending the 
common school and becoming familiar with the 
various pursuits of farm life. When a young man 
of twenty years, leaving the i)aieutal roof, he jour- 
neyed to McLean County, III., where he sojourned 
for a time, then removed to Livingston County, of 
which he was a resident until coming to Kansas. 
His career presents a remarkable illustration of the 
results of energy and perseverance he having started 
out in life dependent upon his own resources with- 
out means or influence, and he is now numbered 
among the leading men of the county. He is a stanch 
supporter of the Democratic party, but cares very 
.little for political preferment, simply serving in 
some of the minor offices. .Socially, he belongs to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellow.s, and the 
Farmers' Alliance. 




Farm Residence of J.H .Cox Sec i). Falls Tp Sumner Co Kan. 







Res. of A.A.Enders Sec. 17 South Half Falls Tp, Sumner Co, Kan. 



PORTRAIT AND B10(;RA.P11JCAL ALBLM. 



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At Ponliac on the 12th of May, 187-2, occained 
the marriage of James H. Cox wilh Jliss Nancy 
Hallock. Mrs. Cox was Ixmh in McLean County, 
111., September 17, 1«56, and is tlio danghter of 
Washington and Catiierine (.Si<aenes) ITailock, who 
were natives of Ohio. Mrs. Hallock still lives in 
Illinois; Mr. Hallock is deceased. To INIr. Cox and 
his estimalile wife tiiere have been born five cliil- 
dren, viz: George, Flmnia, Samuel, Nelson and 
Edna, all of whom are living. 

We invite the reader's attention to a lithographic 
engraving of Mr. Cox's residence on another page. 



^/OIIN W. NYCE. There is not a more i)op- 
ular man in the city of Caldwell than lie with 
whose name we introduce tliis sketch. In- 
deed lie is widely and favorably known 
throughout Sumner County, as one who has been 
identified wilh its best interests and who has con- 
tributed materially to its growth and development. 
He is at present the Mayor of Caldwell and Cash- 
ier of the Stock Exchange Bank, and has occupied 
various other positions of trust and responsil)ility 
since becoming a resident of this place. 

The subject of this sketcii was born in Dclanco, 
Burlington County, N. J., July 15, 1855, rend is the 
son of John and Martha (Allyn) Nycc, who were 
natives respectivel3- of New York and New Jersey. 
John Nyoe was a lawyer of fine abilities and at- 
tained to a high position in his profession, which 
he followed for manj' years in Milford, Pa. At the 
outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Thirty- 
third Pennsylvania Infantry, as Second Lieutenant 
of a company, and subsequently rose to the posi- 
tion of Major, serving in that capacity until the 
battle of Antietain. Then, being wounded, he was 
for a time unlit for service. After ids recover}- he 
was promoted to be Colonel of the One Hundred and 
Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, a position 
which he filled with great credit to liimself until 



the expiration of his term of service. He was a 
man quiet and unobtrusive in liis manner, never 
seeking notoriety of any kind, Init lie held some of 
the minor offices of his town. 

Although successful as amonej' getter, the father 
of our subject never succeeded in accumulating 
much means, on account of his liberalit}-. He was 
a devoted Cliristian, and for many years prior to 
his decease, a member in good standing of tlio 
Methodist Episcopal Church. He also officiated 
most of his time as Sunday-school Superintendent. 
He came of a long line of honorable ancestry, of 
German extraction, and was gathered to his fathers 
on the 14tli of April, 1880, caused from a wound 
received through the lung at the battle of Antie- 
tam, at the early age of forl^'-nine 3'cars. The wife 
and mother, who bore the maiden name of Martha 
A. Allyn, is still living, making her home in Cald 
well; she is a ladv possessing man)' estimable qual- 
ities and greatly beloved in the community. Slie 
is now fifty-four years of age and traces her ances- 
try to Scotland. The parental household included 
six children, viz.: Jolin W., Bertha, Belle C, 
Clara E., Mattie 15. and George M. 

He of whom we write was the eldest child of his 
parents, and spent his early years at Stroudsburg 
and Milford, Pa. He completed his studies in the 
acadeni)', and later read law under the instruction 
of his fatlier. to sucii good purpose that in 1877, 
he was admitted to the bar. He followed the pro- 
fession in Milford until May, 1881, in the mean- 
time-serving one term as District Attornej'. He 
determined to seek the West, believing that it could 
furnish a better field for his ambition, and accord- 
ingl)' in the month above mentioned, he came to 
Kansas, and t;il<ing up his residence in Caldwell be- 
gan dealing in live stock. In 1882, however, he 
abandoned this and entered the Stock Exchange 
Bank of Caldwell as book-keeper, and was shortly 
afterward promoted to Assistant Cashier. He 
proved himself to be comi)etent and trustworthj-, 
and in 1884 was made its regular Cashier, which 
l)osition he still holds. In 1886 he was elected 
Clerk of the District Court of Sumner County, 
and served one term. In addition to his other re- 
sponsible duties, he officiates as Treasurer of the 
Cherokee Strip Live Slock Association, a position 



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requiring bonds of 1200,000. Mr. Nyce is a Ma- 
son in high standing, and a Knight Templar, and a 
nieinl)er of Isis Tumple, Mystic Shrine of K.tnsas, 
and he also belongs to llie Encampment of the Inde- 
Ijendent Older of Odd Fellows; he is a Knight of 
Pythias, I'niformed Rank; is identified with the 
Ancient Order of United Workman, and is Captain 
of the Soni of ^'eterans. Col. .John Nyce Camp, 
No. 5, at Caldwell. Politically he is a sound Re- 
publican. 

The marriage of .lohn W. Nyce and Miss Mag- 
gie A. (Juick was celebrated at the bride's home in 
Milford, Pa., May 9, 1881. Mrs. Nyce was born 
March 19, 1862, in Milford, Pa., and is the daugh- 
ter of Peter A. L. and Catherine (Angel) Quick, 
natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Njce are 
the parents of two sons: John W., Jr., and Peter (J. 
The family residence is pleasantly' located in tlie 
south part of town, and forms one of its most 
attractive homes. 



ai Tfc ILLI AM II. LASSKLL. The tasteful and at- 
'' tractive home of this gentleman is located 



y 



S' \v on section 29, Bluff Township, and its ap- 
pearance and surroundings are conclusive evidences 
to tiic passerby that the owner is in a condition of 
financial prosperity, and that the family is possessed 
of refined tastes. These indications would not be 
belied Ijy closer investigation, as the estate is one 
of the best farms in the township, the dwelling, 
barns anfl other improvements being excellent and 
adequate, and the entire place pervaded by an air 
of neatness and order highly creditable to its owner 
and operator. The interior of the residence pre- 
•sents equal signs of good management, and the 
faiE'!}' are found to I)e cultured, cordial and agree- 
able. 

Mr. Lassell was born in Clinton County, N. Y., 
Maj' 25, 1840. to Harris and Lydia (Fisk) Lassell, 
and is the sixth in a family of seven children. The 
eyes of his father lir.st opened to the light in Swan- 
ton, Vt., Blarch 8, 1803, and when a young man he 



t;ok up his abode in Otsego County, N. Y. There 
he married a 3'oung laiij- of that county, and en- 
gaging in the mill and lumber business, continued 
to reside in the Empire State until 1853, at which 
time he moved to Green County, Wis. In the lat- 
ter St.ite he followed farming until his death, which 
occurred in January, 1885. He accumulated con- 
siderable means, and left an estate worth $12,000. 
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and f)f 
the Republican (jart^-. Mrs. Harris Lassell was 
born April 12, 1802, and died in Green County, 
Wis., February 14, 1873. She was the mother of 
seven children. Fallen and Lewis, the first and 
fourth born being now deceased. The survivors 
are: Eliza, the wife of R. W. Button, of Colton, 
Cal.; Luther J., a lumberman and miner in Ari- 
zona; Lorenzo IL. a lumberman in Washington; 
and family A., the wife of Charles Smiley, a farmer 
in Albany, AVis. 

The gentleman who is the subject of this biogra- 
ph}' was reared to the age of twelve years in his 
native county of the Empire State, and spent the 
remainder of his years to early manhood in Green 
County, Wis. In 1859, when nineteen years of age, 
he crossed the plains to California, and remained on 
the Pacific Slope until 1868, when he returned to 
Green Count}', Wis., and engaged in farming there 
daring the succeeding eight years. He then moved 
to Bremer County, Iowa, and in 1878 came to 
Sumner County, Kan., and pre-empted one hundred 
and sixty acres on sections 28, 29, 32 and 33, of 
Bluff Township. He has since made his home here, 
has acquired an excellent reputation among his 
fellownien, and proved himself a useful citizen. 
He has served as Justice of the Peace, is a member 
of the Masonic fraternity and of the Republican 
party. 

The marri.age of Mr. Lassell was celebrated 
March 11, 1874, his bride being Miss Celia Taylor, 
of Avon, Rock County, Wis. Her parents, James 
H. and Caroline (Conger) Taylor, are natives of 
Fairfield, Vt., and emigrated to Wisconsin about 
the year 1845, still surviving at their home there. 
Mrs. Lassell was born in Delevan, Wis., July 7, 
1848, and possesses some I'are accomplishments. 
She was graduated from the White AVater (Wis.) 
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eral years before her maniage. Five bright boys 
and girls cluster about the flresicle of "Sir. and Mrs. 
Lassell, and gladden their parents' hearts by their 
growing intelligence and youthful courtesy. They 
bear the names of Caroline L., Harris J., Ad.a M., 
Wallace A. and I^ouisa A. 




I ELANCTHON L. P.R1GGLE. a prosper- 
ous farmer residing in Jackson Township, 
I* was born in Pike Township, Stark County, 
Ohio, October 16, 1847. His father, Jo- 
sc|)h Briggle, was a native of Wurteniburg, Ger- 
many. The father of Joseph, also a native of 
(Germany, emigrated wilh his family to the United 
States and settled in Pennsylvania. After a few 
years residence in that .State lie moved on further 
West and located in Ohio. As there were no rail- 
loads or canals built, their only mode of perform- 
ing the journey was Ij}' means of teams, which was the 
usual method of travel adopted by the emigrants 
of those days. He was a farmer Ijy occupation, 
and resided on his farm in Ohio during the re- 
mainder of his life. 

The father of our subject was only six years 
of age when his parents came to America, and 
remembers but litfle of the voyage, which was not 
then made as quickly and easily as at the present 
time. He was reared in Pennsylvania, where he 
learned the trade of a stonemason. He accompa- 
nied his parents to Ohio, but found upon his 
arrival that there was small demand lor his services 
as a mason. Instead of idly ben)oaning his fate he 
manfully set out to secure the work in other places 
that, was denied him at his homo. In the spring 
following his entrance into Ohio he slung his kit of 
tools on his back and trudged on foot, there being 
no railroads, back to the State of Pennsylvania, 
where he readily- procured work at his trade. He 
did this for five successive years, going to Penn- 
sylvania in the spring and returning to his Ohio 
home in the fall when the work for the season was 
over. lie workeiiat his trade on the Pennsylvania 



Canal when that great waterway was in process of 
construction. He also found emiiloyment upon 
the public works that were being built in Pitts- 
burg. In this manner he secured sufficient means 
to purchase a farm of one hundred and sixty acres 
in Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio, u|)on which 
he settled. Although starting in life in such an 
humble manner, his persevering industry secured 
him a fine estate of one hundred and eightv acres 
of excellently improved land, well stocked and 
provided with good buildings. His last years 
were spent in the enjoyment of well-earned repose 
amid the scenes of his manhood's struggles and 
triumphs. The mother of our subject w.as Cath- 
erine Beard, a native of Pennsylvania, who re- 
moved with her parents to Stark County, Ohio, 
during the early days of that county. The parental 
family consisted of twelve children, nine of whom 
are living. 

The subject of this notice attended the school of 
his district during the early years of his life, but 
as soon as he was able to be of use on the farm was 
put to work, and from that time forward did not 
have many idle da^-s to spend either in mischief or 
in the pursuit of knowledge. He continued to 
reside under the [larental roof until he had reached 
the age of twenty-five, when he removed to a town 
near by and engaged in the carpenter's trade for 
two 3-ears. He then returned to the farm, and in 
connection with his brother George, bought the 
homestead and operated it with good success until 
1883. In that j'ear he removed to Kansas and 
located in Sumner County on his present place, 
which he purchased shortly after entering the 
State. 

The farm of Mr. Briggle is situated on section 
1.5, and embraces the northwest quarter. It is 
enclosed by a thriving hedge, and subdivided into 
forty -acre tracts, all neatly fenced and finely cul- 
tivated. His family residence and all other build- 
ings, of which he has all that are necessary, are 
substantially and tastefully built frame structures, 
and contribute their share toward making the place 
a cosy and prosperous home. 

Our subject was married in 1875 to Miss Agnes 
Muckley, a native of Stark County, Ohio, and a 
daughter of John and Mary Mu' kley. The father 



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was of German descent, and was higlily esteemed 
in his neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Briggle are 
the parents of two chiklren, whose names are — 
Virgil M. and John C. Thej' are lield in high 
regard in the community in which they live, and 
are fully deserving of all the kind words which 
they receive from neighbors and friends. They are 
consistent Christians, and find a religious home in 
the Presbyterian Church. -^Ii-. Briggle is a stanch 
and devoted adherent uf the i)rincii)les of the 
Rcpulilican parly. 



(t(_ ON. WILLIAM L. CHAMBERS. During 
his residence of ten 3-ears in AYellington, 
Mr. Chambers has become widely and fa- 
'^) vorably known to the citizens of this part of 
the count}-. In former years he was engaged in the 
practice of law, and in the fall of 1888 was elected 
Justice of the Peace, which position he still holds. 
He was bom in St. Clair County, 111., September 8, 
1834, and is the son of William Chambers, a native 
of Ilagerstown, Md. William Chambers w.is reared 
in his native State, and after serving in the War of 
18l"2, went to Kentuckj-. and was married near 
Scottsvillc, to Miss Sarah M. McRejuolds, a native 
of that place. Mr. Chambers, who from his j'outh 
up had been piously inclined, nov.- entered the 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal, Church, and 
labored in the Master's vine\-ard until about 1830. 
We next find him in St. Clair County, III., whei-e 
he purchased land anil engaged in farming a few 
years, then removed to Greene County. His next 
removal was to Waverly, Morgan County, where 
he resumed preaching. He also purchased land, 
and operated as farmer and preacher until after the 
death of his wife, when he severed his connection 
with the conference, and for some years was a local 
preacher. 

Tiie father of our sul)ject, in 18.i4, removed to 
DeWitt County, 111., and purchased a tract of wild 
prairie land, also property in the town of Clinton, 
lie took up his abode in the latter, and while 



preaching proceeded with the improvement of his 
property which he had purchfised near the town, 
and resided there until 1858. Tlien, selling out, 
he removed to Christian Count}-, and purchaseil 
land six miles from Taylorviile, where ho made his 
home until his death, which occurred in the fall of 
1859. . 

To the parents of our subject there was born a 
family of six children, and of the second marriage 
of William Chambers there were born tliree chil- 
dren. William L. pursued his early studies in the 
old log schooihouse near his childliood home, a 
structure finished and furnished in the fashion of 
those times, with puncheon floor and slab seats and 
dssks. His surroundings, however, did not lessen 
his love of learning, and he made such good head- 
waj-, that in 1857 he entered McKendree College, 
at Lebanon, III., of which he remained a student 
until 1859. He then commenced tlie study of law, 
in the office of Lawrence Welden, at Clinton. 111., 
with whom he remained until 1862. 

The Civil AVar now being in progress 30ung 
Chambers laid aside his personal plans and inter- 
ests in order to .assist in the preservation of the 
Union. In August, that year, he enlisted in Com- 
pany B, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois In- 
fantry, being mustered in as a private. Not long 
afterward he was promoted to be tjuartermaster- 
Sergcant and then First Lieutenant and Regimental 
(Quartermaster. He served in this joint capacity 
three or four months, and was then ordered to the 
headquarters of Gen. Cooper, Commander of the 
Second Brigade, and .Second Division, Twentj-- 
Third Armj- Corps, and served as (Quartermaster of 
the brigade. Later he was ordered bj' the com- 
manding general, Crouch, of the Twenty-Third 
Army Corps, to serve as Quartermaster of that 
division, and in addition was Quarterm-ister of the 
post at Salisbur}', N. C, and of transportation. This 
occupied bis time until the close of the war, when 
he received his honorable disciiarge at Salislmry, 
June -21. 1865. His duties in the army led him 
over the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Geor- 
gia, and after the fall of Atlanta he repaired to 
Washington with his comrades and was present at 
the Grand Review. 

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to Clinton, 111., where he resumeii the slud.v of law. 
and in 1866 was ailniitteil to the bar Ijefore the 
Supreme Court at Springfiehl. He opened his first 
office in Clinton, and in due time became Assistant 
Assessor for Internal Revenue of neWitt County. 
In 1M68 lie was elected Register of Deeds, and re- 
signing the office of Assessor served four years. He 
then returned to his law practice, but in the mean- 
time had been of such good service to the Re- 
publican party, that in 187C he was elected to 
represent DeWitt ;ind Macon Counties in the State 
Legislature. He afterward had the satisfaction of 
casting his vote for John A. Logan for United States 
Senator. He remained a resident of Clinton, prac- 
ticing law until 187'J. That year he came to Kan- 
sas, settling in Wellington, of which he has since 
been a resident. 

The subject of this sketch w.as married, Novem- 
ber 26, 1866. at the bride's home in Waverly, 111., 
to Miss Ellen E. Woods. Mrs. Chambers was born 
in Morgan County, 111., and is the daughter of Ma- 
son F. and Sarah I. (Chesnut) Woods, who were 
natives of Kentucky, and pioneers of the above- 
mentioned County. Her father is deceased, and 
her mother lives in Waverlj'. Three children have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chamliers. bearing the 
names of p]dwin C., Kate S. and William M. The 
latter, who was the eldest, died in Wellington in 
1885, when a promising youth approaching the six- 
teenth year of his ,age. Mr. Chambers belongs to 
the Grand Army of the Republic, in Deming, 
N. M., where he opened an office in 1884, and 
practiced two years. He is a Mason, and has 
attained the Royal Arch degree. Polititially. he is 
a stanch Hepublican. 



y'lLLIAM G. MOORE. The spring of 1871 
first found Mr. Moore interviewing the 
W^l trontier with the idea of a permanent set- 
tlement. The outlook in this region was anything 
but encouraging, much of the Land being the prop- 
erty of the (Government and over which roamed 



Indi.tns and wild animals, including buffalo, deer, 
antelo|)es, wolves and wild turkey. After erecting 
a domicile Mr. ^foore could stand in his doorway 
and look over a long stretch of country without a 
dwelling where now may be seen schoolhouses, 
farm residences, fertile fields and all the other evi- 
dences of civilization. He, himself rejoices in the 
possession of a snug farm, one hundred and sixty 
acres in extent, one hundred and twenty of which 
are under the plow and yielding abundantly the 
best crops of the Sunflower State. In addition 
there are comfortable buildings, an orchard of apple 
trees in good bearing condition, besides pear, cherry, 
crab and peach trees, all planted bj' the hand of 
the i)resent proprietor. 

A native of North Carolina, Mr. Moore was born 
in Guilford County, Fel)ruary 2, 1834. About 1840 
his parents, .John L. and Mary F. (Bishop) Moore, 
leaving the South emigrated to Hamilton County, 
Ind., with their little family, where the father pur- 
chiised .1 farm in the green woods, erected a lo" 
cabin in ijrimitive style and commenced the im- 
provement of his land. The famil\- sojourned 
there until 1852, then crossing the Mississippi, 
established themselves on a farm in Appanoose 
Count}'. Iowa. Thence they removed to Taylor 
County, that State, and there the father died in the 
fall of 1862, aged fifty-one years; the mother is 
still living, making her home with her son, our 
suliject, and is now about seventy -eight years old. 
Mrs. Moore, notvyithstanding her 3'ears, is in re- 
markably good health, very active, and frequently 
walks to town and to church, one and one-half 
miles away. 

To John L. and Mary F. ^Moore there was born 
a family of eleven children, of whom WilliaTii G. 
was the eldest and of whom only five survive. 
The second son, Hubbard, enlisted in the Union 
armj' during the late war and died in the service 
at Little Rock, Ark. A younger son, Enoch T., 
w.as also in the service and came home without a 
wound. The paternal grandfather, John Moore, 
was a native of North Caiolina where he reared 
his family and died in the faith of the I5a|)tist 
Church. On the maternal side of the house. 
Grandfather Aaron Bishoi) was a native of 
Marjdand and when a young man went to North 



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Carolina where he was married to Miss Louisa 
Caffe, a native of liiat State. They lived on a 
farm and reared a family at a time when table 
knives and forks were manufactured from wood. 
Later, pewter cutlery and dishes came into vogue 
and were considered very fine. The Bishop family 
religiously as far as is known, was mostly identi- 
fied witli the Society of Friends. One of the 
early progenitors, Robert Bishop by name, likewise 
11 resident, first of Maryland and then of North 
Carolina, finally removed to Delaware County, 
Ohio, settling among its earliest pioneers and there 
spent the remainder of his life. lie also was a 
Quaker in religious belief. 

The subject of this sketch was married in Ham- 
ilton County, Ind., in ISoi to Miss Angeline, 
daughter of Hardy and Martha (Thomi)son) Ward. 
Mrs. Moore was born in North Carolina and while 
an infant of a few months was taken by her parents 
to Indiana. In the fall of 1852 they removed 
across the Mississippi to Missouri, settling in How- 
ard County. Later they came to Kansas and were 
residents of Coffee County about four years, then 
returned to Missouri where the father died in the 
fall of 1867. The mother is still living, making 
her home with her son. The paternal grandparents 
of Mrs. Moore were James and Martha ( McDonald) 
Thompson, natives of North Carolina. He died 
in North Carolina as did also his wife. 

The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Moore were 
Samuel and Sally (Womell) Thompson, likewise of 
North Carolina; the mother of the latter lived to 
the advanced age of one hundred and one years. 
William G. Moore in the fall of 1852 removed to 
Iowa and a year later to Missouri. In 1856 he 
returned to Iowa and in 1857 came to this State, 
locating in Coffee County, near Burlington, the 
latter then consisting of one house in which was 
kept a store of dry-goods and groceries. The 
building was about twelve feet square formed by 
posts driven into the ground. sided up and covered 
with clapboards. Mr. Moore pre-empted land and 
prosecuted farming, marketing his i)roduce at 
Kansas City. He sojourned there until the fall of 
1866, then returned to Iowa, coming from there to 
Kansas. 

There have been born to Mr. Moore and his ix 



cellcnt lad}' thirteen children, the eldest of whom, 
a daughter. Isabel, died in infanc.v. Sarah E. and 
James O. remain with their parents; Mahala is the 
wife of Reuben Dodson, of Sumner County; Will- 
iam H. died when about seven months old; Lilly 
Q. is the wife of Amos Chambers of Sumner; 
Rosa 15. married Myron Lusk and lives in Sumner 
County; Ichabod K. died when two years old; 
Katie E. is one of the most popular and successful 
teachers in tlie South Haven schools; Thomas A., 
Elmer L., Ella K. and Clara P. arc deceased. Mr. 
Moore, politically, is a sound Republican and has 
served as Township Treasurer one term, School 
Treasurer six 3'ears and School Diiector three 
years. He is a member in good standing of Lodge 
No. 114, I. O. O. F., while he and his wife are 
prominently connected with the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church in wliich Mr. Moore officiates as Trustee. 
He has also served thirteen years as Treasurer of 
his Odd Fellows lodge. 



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Y "ESSE T. STURM. In compiling the ujain 
facts connected with the history of Mr. 
^..^ . Sturm, one of the most highly respected 
(^^' citizens of Wellington, we find that he was 
a native of Virginia, and was born in Marion 
County, Februar}' 11, 1844. His father, Jesse 
Sturm, Sr., was likewise a native of that county 
and the son of Jacob Sturm, who was born and 
reared in Germany. The latter at an early day 
emigrated to America, being accompanied by two 
brothers; he was then a young man, and settled 
in the Old Dominion during the Colonial times. 
He served in the Revolutionar}- War on the side 
of the Colonists, and after the ck)sc of the great 
struggle purchased a large tract of land in Marion 
County, Va., and cleared a farm from the wilder- 
ness. He also erected a gristmill, which he oper- 
ated, and there spent the remainder of his dajs. 
His wife was a native of his own county. 

Jesse Sturm. Sr., was reared to manhood in his 
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iiig. When reaching manhood, he purchased a 
tract of timber land there, of which he cleared 
quite an area, then selling a part, laid out the town 
of Worlhington, erecting a mill and several other 
good buildings. The mill was operated by him, 
and he also conducted an liotel. In 1849, selling 
out the above-mentioned interests, he purchased a 
farm and mill site along the line of Marion and 
Harrison Counties. There he put up another mill, 
which he operated until 1873. He then sold out 
all his interests again and purchased another tract 
of land on the same stream, building another mill 
and operating this by steam. He purchased a 
home in the village of Wyatt, where he spent his 
last days, passing away October 10, 1883, at the 
age of seventy-six years. 

The mother of our subject boi'e the maiden 
name of Matilda Davis. She likewise was a native 
of Marion County, Va., and the daughter of Caleb 
Davis, who was born near Moorfleld, that State. 
The latter was a farmer by occupation, and spent 
his declining days in Marion Countj'. Mrs. Ma- 
tilda (Davis) Sturm died in Wyatt, Ya., November 
14, 1886. The parental family consisted of ten 
children, eight of whom lived to mature years. 
Jesse T. was reared and educated in Marion County, 
also in Harrison County, Ya., and assisted his 
father in the labors of the farm and mill. During 
the second year of the war he enlisted, August 20, 
1862, in Company H, P'ourteenth West Yirginia 
Infantry, and served until July 3, 1865, in the 
Army of West Yirginia. He participated in the 
battles of Hulltown. Lynchburg, Carter's Farm, 
Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At the 
latter place his regiment was surprised and routed 
when .-iherman made his famous ride at Winches- 
ter. Mr. Sturm saw the hero as he reached the 
line. Although Mr. Sturm was struck by a bullet 
and knocked down, he soon recovered and assisted 
in finishing the fight at Fisher's Hill, being the 
first man over the rain|iarts at Winchester, and he 
fired the first shot at ilulltown. In the first-men- 
tioned place INIr. Sturm and his brother-inlavv, 
Lieut. Hess, witii about twelve others, went in ad- 
vance of the line of battle, running into an ambus- 
cade of the enemy, and Mr. Sturm was the only one 
left standing wlien the regiment came u[). Lieut. 



Hess was shot, and fell dead at his feet. The cloth- 
ing and equipments of Mr. Sturm were perforated 
by forty-two bullets. He was then promoted to be 
Color-Sergeant, which position he retained until 
his discharge. 

Upon leaving the army, Mr. Sturm engaged in 
farming and lumbering at Mannington, W. Ya. In 
1870 he commenced teaching vocal music, which 
he followed until the spring of 1872, when he 
started for the country west of the Mississippi. 
Leaving West Yirginia in March, 1872, he trav- 
eled by rail to Florenci;, Marion County, and then 
purchasing a team and wagon, drove through to 
this count3'. Soon thereafter he filed a claim to 
a tract of land in what is now Falls Township. 
The country was thinly settled, peopled principally 
by wild animals, including deer and buffalo. New- 
ton, eight}' miles distant, was the nearest railroad 
station. Mr. Sturm repaired thither, and purchas- 
ing lumber, hauled it to his claim, where he put up 
a house and commenced the improvement of his 
property. That first year he harvested a fine crop 
of corn from the soil. He has operated upon the 
maxim that "a rolling stone gathers no moss," and 
to-day retains possession of the land, which under 
his careful management has been transformed from 
a wild, uncultivated waste to a valuable homestead. 
He gradually added to his possessions, and is now 
the owner of three hundred and twenty broad 
acres. He erected good buildings and supplied 
himself with all the necessarj' machinery for suc- 
cessful farming. He lived there until the 23d of 
September, 1888, then wisel}' retiring from active 
labor, took up his aboile in Wellington. 

On the 11th of February-, 18G6, occurred the 
marriage of Jesse F. Sturm to Miss Lavinie J. 
Hess. This lady is likewise a native of Marion 
County, Ya.. and was horn January 28, 1847. Her 
parents were Peter and Or[)ha (Sand}') Hess, who 
spent their last years in Worlhington, W. Va. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Sturm there have been born six chil- 
dren, viz: Leonidas W., Leodas B.. Lola M., Lei- 
ten L., Leonora L. and Lucius M. Mr. and Mrs. 
Sturm are members in good standing of the Chris- 
tian Church. Mr. Sturm belongs to Upton Post, 
No. 27, G. A. R., of which he is a charter member, 
and to Wellington Lodge, No. 13:?, I. O. O. F. He 



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votes tlie straight Republican ticket, and has served 
as Trustee of Falls Township, School Director. 
Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, and in 
1887 was elected County Treasurer. 

The ability displayed in the management of the 
finances of the great county of Sumner, and the 
uniform kindness and courtesy shown to all parties 
with whom he came in contact, raised our subjecl 
in the esteem of the people of his count}-, and in 
1889 he was reelected to that important and lu- 
crative office by a largely incre.nsed majority', and 
is now about entering upon its duties for a second 
term. 




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ANLEY D. COVELL. As an exponent 
^\ of progress and enteri)rise Mr. Covell 
stands foremost among the leading men 
of Avon Township. At present he is giv- 
ing his eiiief attention to the breeding of Percberon 
horses, and is one of the best judges of horse flesh 
in this section of the country. For uian}^ years he 
was an importer, and has for the last fifteen years 
made a specialty of breeding the pure registered 
Percherons, of which he has thirty head on his 
homestead in Sumnfr County. More than ordi 
narily intelligentand well-informed, he is naturally' 
looked up to in his community, where he has been 
no unimportant factor in advancing its material 
interests. His well-regulated homestead is situated 
on section 30, comprising three hundred and 
twenty acres of land, whereon have been erected 
good buildings, and which is complete in all res- 
pects as a rural residence. 

Mr. Covell came from his native place — Dela- 
ware, Ohio — to this county in March, 1883. He 
was born in March, 1822, and is the son of Calvin 
Covell, a native of Vermont, and a carriage-maker 
by occupation. The father came to Delaware, 
Ohio, about the year 1816, and w-as married to 
Pamelia Dopson, October 19, 1820. Thej' had a 
family of eight children, who lived to maturity, 
and who were named as follows: Manley D., our 
subject; Clarissa Electa, who married Wllli.'ui 



Likes, and at her death left one son, now living; 
Mary E., who became the wife of G. W. Emerson, 
and they are now living in Delaware, Ohio; L3man 
Sanford, who was united in marriage with Miss 
Laura Abbott, of Tiffin. Ohio; the}' live in Dela- 
ware, Ohio, and haveone daughter living, AnnaB.; 
Louisa Ann (Mrs. Isaac W. Hiekle). who lives in 
Cumberland Count}*, III.; of their five living chil- 
dren three are boys and two girls; Pamelia J. 
(Mrs. M. C. Coehrain) lives in Delaware, Ohio; 
Calvin Edgar was twice married, his first wife 
being Miss Sarah Mills, and the second Miss Mar- 
garet Emerson; Adeline Josephine became the 
wife of Milton Scott, and lives at Clarence, Cedar 
Count}', Iowa; they had four children, one of 
whom, Fannie, is deceased. 

Our subject, after completing his education, 
learned the trade of a carriage-maker uniler the 
instruction of his father, and was engaged in this 
at Delaware for several years. Later, in Ohio, he 
became interested in farming, and there began the 
importation and breeding of Percheron horses. 
He finally resolved upon seeking the Far West, 
and came to Kansas in 1882, selecting the land in 
Avon Township, upon which he removed the fol- 
lowing year. This embraces three hundred and 
twenty .acres, and is finely adapted to the business 
to which it is devoted. Mr. Covell usually k?eps 
about thirty head of pure-l>looded Percheron 
horses of all ages, and his transactions extend not 
only throughout the State of Kansas, but the two 
States adjoining. 

Mr. Covell was first married in his native |)laee 
to Miss Louisa Lee, who became the mother of 
seven children, three now living — Charles, Anise' 
and Addie. Mrs. Louisa Covell died in Dela- 
ware, Ohio, in 1872. Our subject contracted 
a second marriage in Franklin County, Ohio, with 
Mrs. Anise Lee, widow of Theron Lee, and like- 
wise a native of the Buckeye State. This lady is 
the daughter of Alvin and Betsy Fuller, and was 
born January 30, 1828. Her parents are deceased. 

For nearly fifty years Mr. Covell has been a 
faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, iden- 
tifying himself witii it in Delaware, Ohio, in the 
winter of 1840, and h.as been :ui Elder therein since 
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meddles very little with public affairs, but has 
been a reader all his life, and keeiis himself llior- 
oughly inforineil uiion the leading questions of 
the d.ay. Mrs. Covell is a lady of more tlian 
ordinary intelligence, and in all res|)eetsa true help- 
mate to her husband, proving of assistance, finan- 
cially, in the prudent and economical management 
of her household affairs, and assisting him also in 
sustaining his reputation among his fellow-citizens. 
The}' have a pleasant and attractive home, and 
occupy a lea<ling position in the community'. 



tANNIBAL A. TAYLOR, one of the pio- 
\ neers of Sumner County, was born in Ohio 
-_^^ County, Ky., November 25, 1843. His fa- 

(j^; ther, Levi Taylor, was a native of the same 
countj', and his father, the grandfather of our sub- 
ject, was a pioneer of Ohio Count}', Ky., in which 
place he spent his last days. The father of oui 
subject was left an orphan at a very eaily age but 
continued to reside in his native county, where he 
was reared to agricultuial pursuits. When grown 
to maiduiod he bought a tract of heavily timbered 
land on the bank of (ireen River and there Imilt a 
log house in which the subject of this sketch was 
born. lie cleared a farm and resided there until 
his death in 1885. The maiden name of his wife, 
the mother of our subject, was Kittie Catherine 
Taylor. Slie was a native of Mrginia, of which 
State her parents, Septimus and Priscilla Taylor, 
were also natives. They removed to Kentucky 
and were among the earliest settlers of Ohio 
County where they spent their last days. The 
mother of H. A.Taylor died in 1871). The p.a- 
rental family embraced eight children, all of whom 
were reared to maturity. They were named respect- 
ively, Septimus C.,ilary, Lewis, ^■ictor. Silas, H. A., 
Volney and Qnintus S. 

The subject of this sketch was reared in his M.a- 
tive county and assisted his father in tilling the 
soil during his youth and e.arly manluwd. When 
quite well grown he engaged in occasional trips of 



flat-boating on the Green River, going as far as 
EvansviUe. He made two trips down the Mississippi 
River to New Orleans with a Uatboat loaded with 
hoops, poles and staves for the market. These va- 
rious e.\[)editiuns were keenly enjoyed by Mr. Tay- 
lor and were also profitable in a pecuniary point of 
view. He continued to make his home in Kentucky 
until 18C8, in which year he went to Champaign 
County, 111., where lie rented land and lived on it 
until 1871. 

In 1871 Mr. Taylor concluded to emigrate to 
Kansas where he could secure (iovernmejit land 
and make a better home for himself than he could 
in the more pojiulous State of Illinois. Accord- 
ingly he started with a pair of horses and a wagon 
and drove the entire distance to Sumner County, 
which was then opened up for settlement. Only a 
year before his arrival buffalo had roamed over 
the plains which were then unsurve^ed and nn- 
tennanted by an3-thing superior to the wild animals 
which were shortly' to be displaced by the settlers 
and their domestic creatures. Mr. Taylor m,ade a 
claim to a tract of Government land, including the 
northwest quarter of section II, in what is now 
Jackson Township, and filed on the same at the land 
otliee at Wichita. He then returned lo Kentucky 
where he resided until 1876, in which year he .again 
turned his footsteps Westward and located on his 
land in Sumner County. During his absence the 
railroad had been extended from Emporia to 
Wichita, which materially increased the value of 
his land besides facilitating the operations of travel 
and transportation. lie continued to reside on his 
farm until 1881 when he rented it to a good tenant 
and went to Colorado where he spent the summer 
near Gunnison. In the fall of that j-ear he returned 
to his farm and has resided on it from that time to 
the present. 

The subject of this sketch was twice mariied. In 
1877 he took Miss Martha J. Fulkcrson to wife but 
his married happiness was of brief duration, as she 
was claimed by the pale messenger from the unseen 
land in the fall of 1879, and borne swiftly away 
from the sorrowing friends who would fain have 
detained her yet awhile longer. She was the daugh- 
ter of Enis and Sissera Fulkerson and a native of 
Muhlenberg Count}-, Ky. The second union of Mr. 



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Taylor took place in January. 1882, when he es- 
poused Miss Phoebe Frame, a native of Montgomery 
County, 111. There is one child living — Howard. 
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are excellent people and con- 
sistent Christians. They find a congenial religious 
home in the bosom of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, of which they are earnest and efficient 
members. 



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^K^OAH E. HEIZER, an old resident of this 
I jjj county, was born in Fayette County, Ind., 
[11,^ January 4, 1826, .iiid spent his early life 
there on a farm. II is father, .loshua Heizer was a 
native of Virginia, whence he emigrated to Indiana 
in 1818 and acquired his education in the primitive 
schools at a time when Indians and wild animals 
roamed through the heavy timber. The father 
built a log cabin and cleared up a farm from the 
wilderness. 

The mother of our subject, who in her girlhood 
was Jemima Cory, was a n.itive of Warren County, 
Ohio, and going to Indiana to visit her brother, 
there met her future husband to whom she was 
soon married. They became the parents of seven 
children, of whom Noah E. was the fourth in 
order of birth. The parents spent tlieir last days 
at the old farm, the father dying at the age of 
fifty-six. The mother lived to the advanced age 
of eighty-five. Both were members of the Pres- 
bytei'ian Church. The maternal grandfather, Noah 
Cory, it is believed was a native of Pennsylvania, 
from which he en)igrated at an early day to Ohio 
and there died. 

The subject of Ihis notice was married in Fay- 
ette County, Ind., to Miss Margaret, daughter of 
Neliemiah S. and Nancy (Wherrelt) Raszell. The 
l)arents of Mrs. Heizer were natives of Kentucky 
whence they removed at an early da}- to Indiana, 
settling at Greensl)urg, u|)on the site of which Mr. 
Uaszell erected the first brick house. Both he and 
his wife died in that State. Tlie paternal grand- 
father. Cliarles Raszell. settled in the woods near 
Greensburg at an early day and died in that city 



when over one hundred years old. He was married 
in \'irginia to Nancy Holden; she died in Kentucky 
and Grandfather Raszell later was married to Miss 
.lennie Doles who died in Indiana. 

Mr. Heizer lived in Indiana until Februar}', 1877, 
then came to Kansas, settling first in Cowley County. 
He lived there until March, 1884, then purchased 
eighty acres of land from which he constructed his 
present farm. Five of the six children born to 
him and his excellent wife are still living. Mr. and 
Mrs. Heizer are prominently connected with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at 
South Haven. Mr. Heizer belongs to the Farmers' 
Alliance. While a resident of Cowley County he 
served as Township Trustee. 



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X. B. HOLMES is the senior member of 
the firm of Holmes & Co., grocers, in W'lA- 
lington, where he has been engaged iu 
business since 1874, with the exeeiJtion of 
two years. He is in charge of one of the largest 
and most prominent groceries in the place, and is 
highly respected by all who know him for his 
integrity .and business ability. 

The parents of our subject were Samuel and 
Jane (Streator) Holmes, for many years residents 
of Quincy, III , in which jilace our subject was 
born July 19, 1839. His father was a native of 
Thompson, Conn., having been born in 1S12, and 
took up his residence in Quinc.y at an early date. 
The senior Mr. Holmes was engaged in pork-packing 
an<l later in railroad work, having been the builder 
of the east end of the Hannibal & Sr. Josei)h, and 
of the (Quincy iS: Palmyra Railroad, and President 
of the latter. He was an incor[)orator of the 
Quincy Bridge and an extensive business man, and 
during the latter part of the '50s was Speaker of 
the Illinois House of Representatives. He departed 
tills life in 18G8 at the age of fift}' six years. His 
vi'idovv survived until 1872, when she too passed 
aw.ay, her age being sixty-one years. 

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in his native town, acquiring an excellent educa- 
tion in that town, where subsequently he engaged 
in the grocer\' business and also in grain dealing, 
finding his principal occupation in that employment 
until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the 
Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern 
Woodmen of America. He gives his suffrage to 
the Democratic party, but has no political aspira- 
tions of a personal nature. 

On Ma3' 20, 1885, Mr. Holmes was united in 
marriage with Mrs. Mary W. Pck, of St. Louis. 
Her maiden name was JMary Whitraore and she was 
born in St. Louis in 1849, growing to maturity in 
that city, and there marrying Rudolph, son of 
Charles H. Pock. I5y liim she had two daughters — 
Mary and Lyda — wliu are now living with our 
subject. 




ONS DAVIDSON. No resident of Well- 
ington is more highly respected than the 
above-named gentleman, whose citizenship 
of Kansas dates from the fall of 1876, and 
who is well known as a man of ability and integ- 
rity of char.acler. His life shows in a marked man- 
ner through what discouragements and trials some 
men arrive at |)rosperity and win a high rcpiita 
tion, and should l)e an encouraging lesson to other 
youths. Mr. Davidson was born in Norway, .lanii- 
ary 3. 1837, and is a son of Arne and liritavia 
Davidson. He grew to the age of thirteen ycais 
in his native country, and then accompanied his 
parents, two brothers and a sister to America, 
landing in New York, .Tuly 5, 1850. It was the 
intention .jf Mr. Davidson, Sr.. to locale in AVis- 
consin, and the family went as far as Chicago, 
where lliey waited for an uncle of our subject to 
come from Wisconsin with a team, as there w.as no 
railroad to that section. When the uncle ariivcd, 
he found the father nearly dead of the cholera, and 
a few houis later he breathed his last. The uncle 
was taken sick at the buiial, ar.<l he also died in a 
few days, and in a short time the mother and one 



brother of our subject, his aunt, two cousins, and 
two uncles were also dead, leaving two orphans 
thirteen and eight years of age, without friends or 
relatives near them, in a strange land, with whose 
language even they were unfamiliar. J. R. Kiuzie, 
a kind-hearted man, for whom Kinzie Street, was 
named, took the orphans in charge and found a 
home for the j'ounger with a Mr. Hubbard, himself 
retaining charge of our subject. The following 
fall our subject's uncle by marriage sent his sons 
with an oxteam and took the boys to his home in 
Wisconsin, where our subject remained one and 
one-half years. 

Young Davidson then hired himself out to a Mr. 
Jewell until he was twent^'-one years of age, this 
being a period of six years. He then went to War- 
ren, III., and apprenticed himself to D. H. Dean, a 
blacksmith, with whom he remained three years, 
after which he went to Hillsdale, ^lieh., having de- 
termined to devote his savings to acquiring a belter 
education. He attended the college from 18G1 till 
the fall of 18G3, when he gave up his intention of 
graduating to engage in the service of his adopted 
country in the war that was then going on. 

iSIr. Davidson enlisted in Company I, Eleventh 
Michigan Cavalry, which was attached to the Four- 
teenth Army Corps, his first service being in fol- 
lowing the famous Gen. Morgan and assisting in 
the routing of his band. His regiment then took part 
in the attack at the King Salt Works, Va., and the 
next winter again attacked that place and captured 
it. They also fought with Breckenridge lietween. 
Withville and Salt Works, and in many skirmishes 
and raids. Near the close of the war they were en- 
gagetl at Salisbury, N. C where they captured 
many prisoners, and after which the}' joined in the 
pursuit of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Davidson was dis- 
charged at Knoxville, Tenn., and mustered out of 
service at Jackson, Mich., after having faithfully 
fulfilled the duties which devolved upon him in 
every de|)artment of a soldier's life. 

Before going into the army, Mr. Davidson was 
united in marriage with Miss Ora A. Francisco, of 
Grass Lake, Mich., who was attending Hillsdale 
College, and continued her stiulies there for some 
time after he had joined his regiment. I'lion leav- 
ing the army, Mr. Davidson first took uii the arts 



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of peace at Warren, 111., where he built up a home 
and improved some land that he owned. Moving 
thence to W3'0ta, Wis., he engaged in business with 
his brother for four years, and then returned to 
Warren, where he remained until 1876. when he 
came to Wichita, intending to work at his trade 
there. Finding no job, however, he went to the 
western part of Sedgwick County, and toolc up one 
hundred and sixty acres of land, on which he 
l)r()ved up and made good improvements, living on 
it four \ears, when he was burned out by i)rairie 
fire. He then came to this place, aud for a year 
worked by the day. after which lie rented a shop 
and began business for himself. He afterward 
purchased the lots with nothing but a little shanty 
on them. They are fincl^y located on Lincoln 
Avenue, a half block from Washington Street, and 
there Mr. Davidson has erected a fine twostory 
brick building. 50x75 feet, in which he finds abun- 
dant occupation. 

To Mr. Davidson and his estimable wife four 
children have been born. Three of these are still 
living. Charles H. is a bookkeeper in this place; 
Nellie A', is a teacher; William M. is still attending 
school. All are intelligent and well-informed, fill- 
ing their spheres in life in an honorable manner. 
Mr. Davidson has served his fellow-citizens as 
Alderman, and is regarded as one of the represent- 
ative old settlers. He belongs lo the Baptist Church, 
and is a useful and honored member of that bodv. 



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iiL^ON. S. HARVEY HORNER, who is the 
Tjij present representative from Sumner County 
l^^ to the Kansas Legislature on the Repub- 
^) lican ticket, has been for many vears idin- 
tifiod with the interests of Caldwell a.id vicinity, 
and Is evidently one of its most popular men. The 
possessor of more than ordinary capabilities, lie has 
made a good record as a business man and a citi-- 
zen, and has attained to his present high position 
solely through his own efforts, having started in 
life entirely dependent upon his own lesonrces. He 



was born in Darke County. Ohio. June 8, 1854, 
and is consequently in the prime of life and the 
midst of his usefulness. 

Mr. Horner was the sixth in a family of nine 
children, the offspring of John C. and Mary (Burns) 
Horner, the former of whom was a native of Adams 
County. Fa., aud born in 181;). John Horner left 
his native State in 1835, when a j'outh of sixteen 
years, locating in Gettj'sburg, Ohio, and was there- 
after a resident of the Buckeye State until his 
death, which occurred at ^'ersailles in 1882. He 
accumulated a comfortable property, following the 
pursuits of farm life, and was an active member of 
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was 
married in early manhood to Miss Mary Burns, 
who was born in Ohio about 1824 aud died in \"er- 
sailles, that State, in 1876. The i>aternal grand- 
father was John C. Horner, a native of Pennsylva- 
nia, whose father owneil the farm u[)on which later 
was fought the famous battle of Gett3-sburg, Pa. 
The family is of Irish extraction and was first rep- 
resented in this country during the Colonial days. 

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm 
in his native county, receiving such educational 
advantages as were afforded bj' the common schools. 
He was more than ordinarily bright and intelligent, 
and at the age of sixteen j'ears began reading 
medicine. His attention, however, was turned in 
another direction and thereafter, until 1876, he was 
occupied as clerk in a drug-store at Versailles. 
Ohio. That year he sought the Great West, com- 
ing to Wichita, this State, and was emploj-ed .as 
clerk in a drug-store there until 1879. That j-ear he 
took up his abode in Caldwell, of which he has 
since been a resident. He soon established a drug- 
store on his own account, which he has since con- 
ducted very successfully, incorporating with it a 
jewelry business, from which he also realizes hand- 
some returns. He is now well-to-do fjnancially, 
and occupies no secondary position among the 
leading men of his communit3\ Liberal and pub- 
lic spirited, he is one of the first to lend a helping 
hand to every worthj- enterprise, being in favor of 
education and every measure tending to elevate 
society and benefit the people. He has served as a 
member of the City Council, also as City Treasurer 
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Stock Kxcliangc Bank, and is a largo stockliokler 
in tiie Caldwell water works. As a member in high 
standing of the Masonic fraternit\' he has taken all 
llie degrees, and belongs to the Encampment degree, 
I. (). (). v.. I'ni formed Rank of K. of 1'.. and the 
Modern Wooilnien of America. 

Mr. Horner was married, October 25. 187cS, to 
Miss Julia York, then a resident of Wichita, this 
State. Mrs. Horner was horn in Winchester, III., 
.Jannar\' 11, 1862, and was the daughter of John 
and Mary (Blackburn) York, the former of Illinois 
and the latter a native of England. The result of 
this union is a bright little daughter — Marie, born 
November 17, 1887. 



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Vf/ri)GE JOHN E. IIALSELL, now residing 
in Wellington, and engaged in legal practice 
there, is a native of the Blue Grass State, 
having been born in Warren County-, Sep- 
tember 11, 1826. His parents, W^illiam and Mary 
(Garland) Halscll, were early settlers in that 
county, where the father was engaged in farming. 
AViiliam Halsell was born in Butler County, Ky., 
ami when gathered to his fathers was eiglit3'-two 
years of ago. To him and his wife eight children 
were born, who lived to maturity. 

The gentleman of whom we write acquired a 
fundamental education at the common schools near 
his home, finishing his literary course at Cumber- 
land University, Lebanon, Tenn., and taking up the 
study of legal lore in the same institution. He 
was graduated from the Department of Law in 
1849. and located for practice at Bowling Green, 
Ky., where he continued his legal labors for thirty 
years. During the earl}' period of his practice 
there he was elected County Attorney, which office 
he held for four years, and was also elected Circuit 
Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky. 
He held different local offices, Mayor, etc., and was 
elected to Congress from the Third Congressional 
District of Kentuckj', serving in Ihe Fortj-eighth 
Congress and also in the Forty-ninth. While a 



member of the Legislative Assembly he was Chair- 
man of the Committee on Private Land Claims, 
and a member of the Committee on Patents, and 
served his constituents satisfactorily and with 
credit to himself. Until his election to Congress 
he practiced regularly in Warren and adjoining 
counties. 

In April, 1887. Judge Halsell located at Welling- 
ton, entering into partnership with Judge Ray, and 
in the short space of time since he came here has 
acciuired a reputation as one of most able attorneys 
in this part of the State. The firm to which he be- 
longs is now Halsell & Mumford. Judge Halsell has 
had no political aspirations, but being a firm be- 
liever in the princi|)les of Democracy, and in the 
duty of exercising the right of franchise, he is 
ever ready to cast his vote with his favored part}'. 
Of a social and benevolent nature, he is naturally 
interested in the societies, and belongs to the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic 
fraternity. 

Judge Halsell was united in marriage, in April, 
1876, with Jlrs. Carrie Spencer nee Porter, of Todd 
County. Ky. The union has been blessed b}' the 
birth of one son, John T. Halsell. Tlieaccomi)lished 
wife of Judge Halsell is a daughter of the Rev. 
Thomas Porter, of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
Church, and was horn in Todd County, where she 
lived until after hoi' marriage with oui subject. 



j' OHN C. JAY, at present a resident of South 
Haven, where he settled in 188.5. is a native 
of New Y'ork State. His earl}- years were 
spent in an uneventful manner on a farm 
and when reaching man's estate he was married to 
Miss Lucy C. Waters, who was born and reared 
not far from the childhood home of her husband. 
They lived in their native State until 1841), ihen 
removed to Columbia County, Wis., and later to 
Portage County, that State. In 1859 they changed 
their residence to Ralls County. .Mo., and after- 
ward, in 1861, removed to Macon County. That 



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same fall, going into Iowa, they lived for a short 
time in Van Ruren County. Then in the fall of 
18G2 they iftiinied to Pottage County, Wis. 

In 18C3 Mr. .Jay removed vvitli his family to Ft. 
Atkinson, lon-a. In 1865 we find them inCastalia, 
that same county, and from there they removed to 
Hancock County. Next they journeyed to Dakota 
and from there came o^'erland with a team to South 
Haven. Mr. Jay's family- consists of a daughter, 
Emma D., and a son. Frederick, who is represented 
elsewhere in this woik. Socially, he belongs to 
the Masonic fraiprnity. His paix-nts were Jesse 
and Margaret (Clark) Ja}', both natives of New 
York Stale where tliey reared their family and 
died. 

The i)aternal grnndfather of our subject was 
Josluia .]., a native of New York State, where he 
was reared among strangers, his parents having 
died when he was quite young. After reaching 
manliood he married Miss Rachel liailey and later 
they removed to Ohio, where they spent the re- 
mainder of their days. On the maternal siile 
Grandfather Elias Clark, also a native of New York 
Stale, was of Irish ancestry. He married IMiss HIley 
Cole, who was a native of New York and who 
traced her forefathers to Holland, some of whom 
came to America with the Plymouth Rock Colon}'. 
Mr. Jay recollects seeing in his young years an old 
family Bii)lc marked by a blood stain of one or his 
ancestors who was murdered by the Indians; and 
there were also holes in several of the leaves, 
bearing a spear mark of the Indian wlni killed tlie 
person who was reading the Bible at the time of the 
massacre; that old liook is su|)p(iscd to be still in 
possession of some memher of the famil>- not at 
present known l:y Mr. Jay. 



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BR AN AM AN, who is the Cashier of the 
Sumner National Bank in Wellington, was 
/// It born in Milledgeville, Carroll County, 111., 
February 21, 1854, and was a child of 
about live years when taken by his parents to Tama 



County, Iowa, where he grew to maturity. He 
finished his education at Tama City High School, 
and was preparing for college when bis ej'es 
failed, and he was obliged to abandon his purpose. 
He afterward entered a law office, and in 1875 was 
admitted to the bar, and pri:.cticed in Tama City 
for five years. Although a very j'Oiing man he was 
given the offices of City and School Treasurer, and 
was actively engaged in political work although he 
did not seek official honors. In the summer of 1880 
Mr. Branaman moved to Grundj- Center, Iowa, 
and engaged in the banking business, continuing so 
interested there until ho moved to this city, about 
the middle of April, 1886. At that time the old 
John G. Woods Bank became the Sumner Countj' 
Bank, with J. G. Woods as its President; Paul 
Weitzel, Vice President; and our subject Cashiei-. 
Two years later it was re-organized as a National 
Bank, Mr. Brannman retaining his former position, 
Mr. Weitzel continuing Vice President, and Dr, S. 
W. .Spitler becoming President of the new institu- 
tion. Tli(^ bank h.as a firm standing in the commu- 
nity, and has a capital stock of $75,000. 

The [jarentsof our subject are Henry and Nancy 
J. (Fowler) Branaman. who are now living in 
Tama County, Iowa, where the father is engaged 
in the grain business. He was born in Louisville, 
Ky., June 9, 1834, and was but a small boy when 
taken to Indiana, where he grew to manhood and 
married. In 1854 he moved to Carroll County, 
III., and for some years was engaged in farming 
there, leaving tliat county for the place of which he 
is now a resident. 

During his residence at Tama City. Mr. Brana- 
man, of whom we write, was united in marriage 
with Miss Rosa V. Morris, the ceremon}- taking 
place June 15, 1873. The charming bride was born 
in Pennsylvania, December 1, 1854, and is a daugh- 
ter of C. E and Elizabeth Morris, who moved to 
Illinois when she was five 3'ears old, and thence to 
Tama City in 1866. Her happy union with our 
subject has been blessed by the birth of two chil- 
dren — Minnie E. and Charles II., both of whom will 
be given the best educational advantages which 
their parents' love and prosperous circumstances 
can compass. 

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the Scliixil Doiird in Wclliiigltin, In 1887 he was 
.Sccietaiy of the t'ouiity Republican Contral Com- 
mittee, ami in 1S88-8L) was Chairman of the same, 
lie is highly spoken of as one of the leading citi- 
zens, and a man of business ability and of strict 
integrity in ;dl transactions. 



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fOIIN C. PECKHAM, a well-known citizen 
of South Haven, well-to-do anil living re- 
tired from aeti\e lal)oi-, has just passed his 
sixty-ninth birthday, having been born 
January 7, 1821. lie is a native of Holmes 
County, Ohio, born and reared on a farm, of par- 
ents who located in that region during the period 
of its earliest settlement. They hewed out a liome- 
stead from the heavy timber, and there spent tlieir 
last days. The mother, however, was cut down in 
the prime of life, dying when her son, .Tohn C was 
a mere child. She was a lady of many estimable 
qualities, and a consistent member of the Christian 
Chunth. Eleven children were left motherless at 
her death, of whom John C. was among the younger. 
The mother bore the maiden name of Cynthia 
Cook. William Peckham, the father of our sub- 
ject, after the decease of his first wife, was subse- 
quently married to Mrs. Rebecca (Ralston) Mc- 
Laughlin, and there were born to them six children 
who were all reared upon the same farm, and there 
the father and stepmother died. The latter was a 
member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Peck- 
ham belonged to the Christian Church. He and 
his lirst wife were natives of Rhode Island, where 
the paternal grandparents of our subject lived for 
many 3ears. After the death of Grandfather 
Peckham the son brought his mother to Ohio, and 
slie iliod in Holmes County at the advanced age of 
one hundred and one years. 

The subject of this sketch was married in his 
native county in 1848, to Miss Isabel, daughter of 
.Tames and Sarah (Leadon) Ilaekenberry, a native 
of the same county, where her father located when 
a boy. The parents of the latter vvere among its 



ea;l:cst [jioneers, and James, the son, was there 
reared to man's estate. He died in Missouri about 
1872. In 1849 John C. Peckham removed to Mar- 
shall County, Ind., where he sojourned ten years. 
We next find him in Maries County, Mo., and from 
there, in 186.'5, he removed to DeKalb County, that 
State, where he prosecuted farming until 1878. 
That year he became a resident of this county, 
purchasing a farm about two miles northwest of 
the present site of South Haven. He occupied 
himself in agricultural pursuits until February, 
1889, when he wisely decided to retire from active 
labor, and is now enjoying the fruits of his industry. 
During the progress of the late Civil War Mr. 
Peckham enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
A, Thirty-second Missouri Infantr}', and served 
one year, at the expiration of which, on account of 
illness he was obliged to accept his honorable dis- 
charge. Politically, he is a Republican, but has 
ver}^ little to do with public affairs otherwise than 
casting his vote at the general elections. He 
lielongs to South Haven Post, G. A. R., at South 
Haven, and with his estimable wife is prominently 
connected with the Christian Church. There have 
been born to them six children, all of whom are 
living, and named respectively: Sarah J., Alice, 
James W., Eliza, Emma and Ella. The family 
residence is nicely located in the east part of the 
city, and is tlie frequent resort of its best people. 



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>TpTTTlANKLIN P. LOGAN is one of the many 
Ir^v®! .young men who fir'> acquiring competencies 
ii by the pursuit of agriculture, and gaining 

a foremost rank among the practical and prosper- 
ous farmers. He is the owner of a tract of fertile 
laud on section o, Caldwell Township, marked 
with such improvements as are expected of an 
enterprising tiller of the soil, and gives his atten- 
tion to farming and the stock business thereon. 
He is now filUng the position of Trustee of tlie 



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tovvnsliip. and lias lield many minor offlt-es, serving 
his fellon-nien in a satisfactory manner. He be- 
longs to llie Farmers' Alliance, and his voice and 
vote uphold the principles of the Democracy. 

Our subject is the son of James and JIargaret 
(Clendenning) Logan, who were natives of Ohio. 
James Logan was born in LaFayette County, in 
1819, to Thomas and Ann Logan, the former of 
whom was born in Ireland and the latter in North 
Carolina to Irish parents. When but a boy the 
fatiier of our subject accompanied his parents to 
Cass County, Ind., where he spent the remainder 
of his life, engaging in farm pursuits when he iiad 
reached a suitable age, and leaving an estate of 
iilO,003 at his deatli. His demise took place in 
1874. He had alwa^'s avoided publicity, and pur- 
sued the even tenor of his wa^' occupied with his 
own personal affairs and private life. His wife 
was born March 30. 1823, being a daughter of 
Thomas and Nancy (Brown) Clendenning, natives 
of the Emerald Isle, and her death took place in 
Cass County, Ind., February G, 1877. The family 
of which our subject is the fourth member com- 
prises Nanc}' A., now the wife of George W- 
Campbell, a lumber dealer of Cass County, Ind.; 
JIary E., the wife of Artemus Smith, a farmer and 
stockman in the same count}'; John T. also lives 
in Cass County, Ind.; our subject; Charles L.. a 
farmer of Cass County, Ind.; and Martha I., de- 
ceased, who was the wife of E. C. McDonald, of 
Sumner County, Kan. 

Franklin P. Logan, the subject of tliis sketch, 
was torn August 11, hS.iS, in Cass County, Ind., 
reared on his father s fai-m, and was the recipient 
of such educational advantages as were to bo ob- 
tained in the common schools. In 1877 he became 
a citizen of Kansas, pre-empting one hundred and 
sixty acres of land, whicli he still occupies, where 
he has since resided, devoting his attention to 
farming and the stock business. 

The wife of Mr. Logan bore the maiden name of 
Mary E. Jones, and their marriage was celebrated 
February 5, 1879. Tlie bride was born in Howard 
County. Ind., and is tiie third of twelve children 
born to James M. and Elizabeth (Freed) Jones. 
Her parents rank among the first settlers of Sumner 
Counly. to which thevremoved in 1871, and in whicli 




they still make their home. ilr. and Mrs. Logan 
are the parents of three children — Clara I , Vida I. 
and Ethel I. I'nder the careful oversight of their 
estimable mother they give i)romise of becoming 
young ladies who will bo a credit to any society, 
and in whom their parents can rejoice more and 
more as years go b}'. 






f^i ARON P. HARTjMAN, proprietor of the 
I '-Two Orphans" livery barn at Caldwell, is 
looked upon as one of the reliable and well- 
^ to-do citizens of the place, who is con- 

tributing his full quota to its material interests. He 
comes of substantial stock, being the son of John 
and Margaret (Crisinger) Ilartman, and was born 
in Somerset County, Pa., March 16, 1811. The fam- 
ily is of German descent and both the parente of 
Aaron P. were natives of Somerset County, Pa., 
where they spent their entire lives, the father en- 
gaged in farming. The home circle included four 
children, of whom Aaron P. was the eldest born. 
Ho was reared in his native town of Berlin and early 
in life learned blacksmithing, but not being partic- 
ularly inclined to this cmplojment, soon abandoned 
it. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he. in 1862 
entered the Union Army as a ])rivale in Company' 
C, One hundred and Fort^'-second Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, serving until the close of the struggle. He 
participated in man}' hard-fought battles, and en- 
dured with his comrades all the vicissitudes of a 
soldier's life. He served until the close of the war, 
receiving his honorable discharge and returning to 
Ills native county sojourned there, variously em- 
ployed, until 1871. 

We nest 6nd Mr. Ilartman in Lee Count}', III., 
where he lived a few years, then set out for the 
farther West, and established himself as a resident 
of the Sunflower State. In 1885 he came to Cald- 
well, but w.is not engaged in any regular business 
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present enterprise. He started in life without otiier 
means tlian his habits of industry and resolute will 
and it cannot be denied that he has made for him- 
self a good record. He is a Mason in good standing, 
a supporter of tlie i)rinciples of the Republican 
party. lie was married to Miss Mar_y Miller, the 
wedding taking place at the bride's home at Great 
Bend, this State. By a former marriage Mr. Hart- 
man became the f.athor of one child, a son. Albeit, 
who is now living in Illinois. 



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Vl? EANDER A. PARKS of South Haven Town- 
I (?g) ship, made his advent in this region in JIarcli 
jj*— ^^ 187H, purchasing the land which lie now 
owns and occupies, and from which he has con- 
structed a good farm. Only fifteen acres of the soil 
had been broken and there were no improvements 
e.xcept a I'ude log cabin. The farm now presents 
the picture of smiling and productive fields, witli a 
good residence, a substantial barn and other out- 
buildings, a flourishing ap|)le orchard and trees of 
the smaller fruits. In addition to this property* Mr. 
Parks has a like amount, one hundred and sixty 
acres, about six miles west, wiiich he has also im- 
proved, and which is now valuable. 

Of Southern antecedents, Mr. Parks, a native of 
Logan County, Ky., was born March 8, 1819, and 
spent his early years in the agricultural districts. 
Ilis parents, David and Mary (Sawyers) Parks, 
were natives of North Carolina, where thej' were 
reared and married. Thence in 1815, they removed 
to Logan County, Ky., and there spent llie remain- 
der of their lives. The mother passed away when 
about fifty }ears old. David Parks survived his 
wife many years living to the age of eiglity. Botli 
were members of the Presbyterian Church in which 
the father otliciated as an Elder. Five of their chil 
dren lived to mature j'ears, two having died in in- 
fancy. Leander A. was the third in order of birtii. 
The paternal grandparents removed at an early day 
from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Grandfather 
Parks was probably a native of Pennsylvaaia, while 
his wife was born in Ireland. 



The subject of this notice attained to manhood 
in his native State and was married in Logan 
County in 1842, to Miss Hannah II. Sawyer. Miss 
Sawyer was a native of the same c(uinty as her hus- 
band and the daughter of James and Hannah (Hen- 
derson) Sawyer who were born in North Carolina 
and wiio died in Kentucky. Of this union there 
were born three children — Sarah, Robert and David. 
Sarah is deceased ; David is in Kentucky ; Robert 
lives in Sumner County. Mrs. Hannah Parks died 
in Kentucky in February, 1848, aged thirty-one 
years. 

Mr. Parks contracted a second marriage October 
6, 1848, with Miss Louisa E. Henderson, :i native 
of Kentucky. Her father, Andrew Henderson was 
liorn in North Carolina and married Mary ]\Iaben, 
a native of Ireland, who came to America with her 
parents and located in Soulli Carolina. There siie 
was reared from infancy to womanhood. Siie died at 
quite an advanced age in Logan County, Ky., to 
whicli slie had removed with her husband soon 
after marriage. Grandfaliier Michael Henderson 
married Hannah B.irnett and both were natives of 
Penns3'lva!iia. They removed first to North Caro- 
lina and then to Logan County, Ky., where both 
died when about ninety years old. 

Jlr. Parks when a young man identified himself 
with the Presln-terian Church of whicii he lias been 
a member for tiie long period of more tlian thirty 
years and in which he officiates as an Elder. Mrs. 
Parks also belongs to that church. Of this marriage 
there have been born four ciiildren, viz: John W., 
Mary M., Cyrus 0. and Leander N., the latter of 
whom died in infancy. 



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1L^. ON. WILLIAM J. LINGENFELTER, at 
one time a member of the State Senate and 
J^ likewise a Representative, is now numbered 
((^ among the most able men of this county — 
one who has been largely instrumental in promoting 
ils best interests. Aside from his services as a pub- 
lic oflicial, he has been (piite extensively engaged 



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in laiming- and makes his headquarters at a fine 
liomestead, embracing three iuindred and twentj' 
acres of choice land in South Ilavcn Township. He 
also has tlie same amount of lund in Statft)rd County 
adjacent to tiie village of Hudson and an interest 
in another body of land adjoining St. -John, tlie 
county seat of Stafford County. He is a man popu- 
lar in his community, one in wliom the people iiave 
confidence and whose ability as an official and whose 
•worth as a citizen is universally recognized. 

Mr. Liugenfelter was born in Jefferson County, 
Pa., August 17, 1840. and was there reared to man- 
hood on a farm. His parents were John Is. and 
Catherine (Mank) Lingenfelter. natives of Bedford 
County, Pa., and born near Claysburg, in what is 
now Blair County, where they were man ied. In 
1839 they removed to Jefferson County with their 
three children and there were sul>sequently added 
to the household circle eight more children, AViJliam 
J. being the eldest born in that county. The chil- 
dren and the father are all living, the latter con- 
tinuing to reside at the old homestead in Jefferson 
County; the mother died there May 2.3, 1863. at the 
age of forty-seven years. She was a member of the 
Evangelical Church. The father of our subject was 
seventy-four years old January 2. 180O. He has 
been for ninny years a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, one of its chief pillars and hold- 
ing the various offices. Although a man of decided 
views and an ardent supporter of his part}', he 
would never .accept the responsibilities of office. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was a 
native of Virginia whence he removed to Penns^l- 
v.iuia at an early da}- and w^as m.arried to Miss 
.Alargaret Zeth, who was born near Hagarstown, 
Md. They reared their family in Ikdford County, 
Pa., then removed to Jefferson County, in 1840, 
and there died at the ages of about seventy-six 3ears 
each. Both were members of the German Baptist 
Church. An earlier progenitor of the family, George 
Lingenfelter. was a native of Virginia and a soldier 
in the Revolutionary War. He was married in his 
native State to a Miss Dively who was born in Vir- 
ginia and after rearing their family they removed 
to Bedford County. Pa., where they spent their last 
dnys. The father of fieorge Lingenfelter was born 
in the Grand l)uchy of Baden. Germany, whence 



he emigrated to Auierica at a verj' early day and 
located in Virginia. 

.Tacob Zeth, the maternal grandfather of our sub- 
ject, was born inHcsse Cassell, Germany, and when 
seventeen j'earsold joined the Hessian soldiery and 
thus made his vv.a}' to America. While the boats 
were in waiting in New York harbor he swam 
ashore thus m.aking his escape from the troops and 
joined Washington's army, fighting on the side of 
the Colonists until the war was over. He was pres- 
ent at the battle of Yorktown and after the close 
of the war engaged in the mercantile business near 
Hagarstown. Md., where he accumulated quite a 
fortune. He was there married to Miss Burgoo, a 
native of France, and born near die cit}' of Paris. 
They reared a family of children and died in Mary- 
land. 

riie education of William J. Lingenfelter was 
conducted in a log schoolhouse, heated from a \\ug6 
fireplace, with slabs for seats and desks and a floor 
of puncheon. When eighteen years old he began at- 
tending Strattonville Academy in Clarion County, 
Pa., where he pursued his studies one year. After- 
ward he was a student at Whitehall Academy near 
Harrisburg one year. He afterward went to the oil 
regions of Pennsylvania where he commenced drill- 
ing wells and remained for about eighteen months. 
Returning then to his native county he engaged as 
clerk in a general store and was thus occupied until 
1863. 

The Civil War now being in progress Mr. Lin- 
genfelter enlisted as a Union soldier in Company C. 
Two hundred and .Sixth I'ennsylvania Infantry in 
which he served about six months as a private. 
When leaving the armj- he again went into a store 
and was thus occupied until January, 1865. Then 
going to Tennessee he rented a large plantation and 
raised a crop of cotton and corn. His em|)loyers of 
the store had solicited him to go there, they fur- 
nishing ail the money necessary and giving him 
one-third of the profits. Each |iartner thus realized 
about $800. 

Mr. Lingenfelter returned to Pennsylvania in 
December, 186.5 and in March following emigrated 
to Missouri and purchased a farm in Gentry County. 
He also engaged in general merchandising at Rid- 
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In the meantime he was elected ■Sui-vevoi' of De 
Kalb County, as liis farm was on the eonnty line 
nnd his buildings in De Kalb County, lie resigned 
that office on account of ill health and later com- 
menced teaching', which profession he followed 
until 1872. Tliat year he came to Kansas and pre- 
empted one hundred and sixty acres of land on sec- 
tion 3 and later purchased eighty acres adjoining. 
With the exception of an occasional dugout, tiiere 
were no settlers in this region at that time aside 
from a few who had located upon the present site 
of South Haven and Wellington. The buffaloes had 
been driven back, but thiee strjiys were killed in 
this vicinity in 1872. The nearest market was at 
Wichita and for a r.umber of years the meat used by 
the settlers was chiefly buffalo, antelope and deer. 
Black and grey wolves (coyotes) were still plenti- 
ful and freqnentl3' made night hideous with their 
howling. 

Mr. Lingerfelter purchased three hundred and 
twenty acres of land about four miles e.ast of AVel- 
lington where he lived until 1876, carrying on its 
improvement and cultivation. In 1876 he returned 
to Pennsylvania to visit his father and attended the 
Centennial Exposition. During his absence he was 
nominjited for County Superintendent of Schools, 
but he declined the proffered honor. However, he 
was declared the candidate and being absent was 
defeated, although r..nning ahead of his ticket. Upon 
returning from Pennsylvania he resumed farming. 

In May, 1877, Mr. Lingenfelter was married to 
Miss Mary C, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth 
(Montgomery) Gregson. This lad3' was born in 
Fulton County', Ind. That same spring the newly- 
wedded pair settled upon the farm which has since 
been the family homestead. In the fall of 1 882 Mr. 
Lingenfelter w,as elected to represent this county in 
the Kansas Legislature and served one term. In 
1884 he was elected to the Senate, serving also one 
term of four years. He was earnestly solicited to ac- 
cept the nomination for a second term, but declined. 
His parly in this district in 1884 was in the minor- 
ity more than seventeen hundred and the fact that 
Mr. Lingenfelter was elected against this, indicates 
in a marked manner his popularity with the people. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Lingenfelter there have been 
born three daughters, viz: Rosu .1.. Mary C. and 



Susan E. One son horn July 20,1883,died October 6, 
1886. lie was a very bright and promising child and 
liis death was a severe blow to the alllictetl parents, to 
whom were extended the sympathies of the entire 
community. Mr. Lingenfelter is a liberal minded 
and pul)lic-spirited man — one who has uniformly 
given his encouragement to tiie projects tending to 
promote the best interests of Sumner County, so- 
cially, morally and financially. 



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^^ TEPllEN DOWIS is a Southern gentleman 
^^^ liy birth, education and lineage. His 
'^/3) grandparents were natives of the Carolinas, 
and Kentucky was the native Slate of his 
father ,and himself. In the paternal line he is of 
Irish extraction. Jesse Dowis, his grandfather, 
w.as born in South Carolina, and died in Knox 
County', Ky., when upwards of eighty years of age. 
In the latter county, William Dowis, the father of 
our subject, opened his eyes to the light in 1812, 
and breathed his last in 1862. His occupation w.as 
that of a farmer, and politically he w.as a Demo- 
crat. The mother of our suljjeet is still living in 
that county, and is new sixty-five years of age. She 
bore the maiden name of Al!a Hart, was born in 
IS'orth Carolina, and is a daughter of Stephen and 
Alia Hart, who, after living many ^enrs in the 
State in which she was born, took up their aboile 
in Knox County, Ky., and there breathed their 
last. The parental family comprised ten children — 
Lucinda, jS'ancy J., Jesse, Stephen, ilary A., John 
P., Robert P., Susan, Nancy and Rachae). Of these 
Mary A., Stephen, Susan, Nancy and Kaehael now 
survive. 

The subject of this biography was born in \)e- 
ceraber, 1842. in Knox County. Ky., reared on a 
farm, and educated in his native county, receiving 
an excellent home training from his worthy par- 
ents. Although he was not yet of age when the 
Civil War liroke out, he entered the Union Arm3-, 
August 28. 1861. as a njeniber of Company I, Sev. 



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entli Kentucky Infantry, and devoted the opening 
years of his manhood to llie service of his country. 
He participated in the liattles of Richmond (Ivy.), 
Viclcsburg, Arkansas Post, Jackson (Miss.), and in 
many minor engagements, remaining in tiie service 
until October r>, 18G4, when he was honoraljly dis- 
eliarged and returned to his home. 

A few montlis after resuming civil life Mr. 
Oowis took to himself a comi)anion in the person 
of Miss Elizabeth Elliott, tlie lites of wedlock be- 
ing celebr.ated between them February 8, I860. 
The bride was born in Kentucky, Ai>ril 17, 1841, 
is a daugiiter of Hiram and Adeline (Steele) El- 
liott, and a lady whose estimaljlc character endears 
her to many friends. 

In January, 1884, Mr. Dowis came to K.-insas, 
and selecting a location in Downs Township, this 
county, bought a farm. u|)oii whicii lie lived until 
1886, wlien be rented it and engaged in the mer- 
cantile l)usiness at Perth. The business is eon- 
ducted under the firm name of Dowis & Son, and 
is steadily increasing, owing to the tact displayed in 
its management, and the honorable manner in wliich 
its patrons are treated. The junior member of the 
firm, Greene E. Dowis, was born Jul}' 17, 1868, 
and is the only child of our subject and his estima- 
ble wife. The 3'oung man gives promise of becom- 
ing a thorough and successful business man, as he 
already exhibits a mercantile capacit}' creditable in 
one so voung. 



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=^EORGE W. FAUCHIER is an old settler of 
this county, bis settlement in Harmon 
Townsliip having been made in 1873, at 
which time he began to develop the northwest 
quarter of section 27, where he now owns and 
operates eighty-five improved and thoroughly cul- 
tivated acres. He is activel}' pursuing bis farm 
life, and with his chosen companion enjoying the 
fruits of liis industry and the esteem of their man}' 
friends. 

Mr. Fauchier was I>orn in Montgomery County. 



I;id., June 4, 1830, and was twelve 3-ears old when 
his parents moved to Parke County, thence going 
to Howard County, where he grew to manhood. 
He received .as good an education as could be ob- 
tained in the counties in which his home was, 
and on arriving at a suitable age learned the car- 
penter's trade, which be followed in his nat:ve 
State until October, 1866. when he changed both 
his residence and bis occupation. At that date he 
determined to make for himself a home farther 
west, and selecting Franklin County, this State, 
settled there and engaged in farming, leaving that 
county to lake up his abode here at the date before 
mentioned. 

The grandfather of our subject was John Fau- 
chier, a French Revolutionist, who, being exiled 
from bis native land, sailed to Boston, Mass., and 
made for himself and family a home on American 
soil. He died in Parke County, Iiid., when ripe in 
years. His son, John 15., father of our subject, was 
born in Boston, and adopted the occupation of a 
farmer. He was married in Kentucky, to Miss 
.Sarah Broyles, a native of Yiiginia. The result of 
their union was the birth of fifteen children, of 
whom our subject was the fourth. Jolin Fauchier 
died in Howard County, Ind., and his widow died 
in the same county, February 7. 1890, aged eigbtj'- 
flve years. 

The marriage of our subject took place in How- 
ard County, Ind., Februar\' 3. 18.33. and his bride 
was Miss Martha A. .Scott, a native of Putnam 
County, where her birth occurred December 11, 
1834. • Her father, Thomas M. Scott, was born in 
North Carolina, and her mother, whose maiden 
name was Leta Anderson, was a native of Tennes 
see. The parents settled in the count}- where Mrs. 
Fauchier first saw the light, subsequently removing 
to the county wherein she was married, and in the 
latter they departed this life. Their family con- 
sisted of eight children, and Mrs. Fauchier is the 
second in order of birth. To our subject and his 
estimable wife four children have been born: 
James J. married Miss Alice I. Collins; Sarah J. is 
the wife of F. P. Willey; Rachel C. is tiie wife of 
J. S. Farris;and Enos F. married Miss Ilattie Dor- 
sett. 

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anil has proved an efticient servant of the people in 
tlie oanse of education. For seven years he was 
.Justice of tlie Peace. .Since the organization of the 
Republican paiiy- he has been a sound believer in 
the principles embodied in its iilatforra. and has 
been an .active worker in the political field. Mrs. 
Fauchicr is a member of the Christian Church, 
lioth are honored by their fellow-eiliz ns for their 
inlcllii>ence, uprightness, kind hearts, and earnest 
endeavor to fulfill all their duties in life. 



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S^DSON WIGCilN.S. A ploasan'ly located 
fe] farm of two hundred and fori^- acres on 
If^^' seetion"26, Sumner Township, is tiie home 
of this gentleman, who is engaged in the occupa- 
tions of faitaiug and stock-raising, and who has 
been a residentof the county for twenty years. His 
home is one of comfort and good cheer, and while 
not occupying any prominent puliiic position, Mr. 
Wiggins in his own quiet and straightforward man- 
ner performs the duties of citizenship and of the 
individual in a manner entitling him to the respect 
of his fellow-men. 

The parents of our subject were natives of Ver- 
mont, and in tiiat State he of whom we write was 
born Augusfi, 1837. His fatlier, Peter Wiggins, was 
a farmer by occupation, and died in his native 
State at the .age of sixty-eight years. The moliier, 
who bore tlie maiden name of IClmira Stephens, is 
still living, and is now seventy-two years old. The 
parental family comprised seven children, namely: 
Elizabeth, Albert, Charlotte, Kdson, Elias S., Frank 
and Calista; of these, Kdson and Calista are the 
only survivors. 

Edson Wiggins w.as reared on a farm, early ac- 
quiring a practical knowledge of the occupation 
which he has since followed, and being the reci])i- 
ent of a good common-school education, grew to 
manhood in possession of the thrifty and sturd_v 
characteristics which seem to belong to natives of 
the Green Mountain State. In !8().i lie becaine a 
resident of Kansas, s|>cndiiig the first live years of 



his citizenship in Jackson Count}', whence, in 1870, 
he moved to .Sumner County. He pre-empted one 
hundred and sixty acres>f Government land, 'add- 
ing to the acreage as prosperity attended his labors, 
and making upon his estate such improvements as 
arc expected of an enterprising agriculturist. 

The marriage of Mr. Wiggins was celebrated in 
June, 1876, the lad}' with whom he was united 
being Miss Amanda Cross, who was born in Ohio, 
March 13, 1843. Her father, Albert Cross, was one 
of the early settlers of Kansas, and was engaged in 
farming. His death took place when he had reached 
the ripe age of seventy-two 3ears. J He had held 
several minor offices, and for many^ j-ears was a 
Justice of the Peace. 3^ To Mr.;and Mrs. Wiggins 
five children have been' born, named] respectively: 
Lizzie, Albert. Elsie. Laura and Frank. The latter 
died when one year old; the survivors are being 
carefully trained bj'j their eslimalile mother, and 
receiving such educational advantages as ibefils 
tlKrii- years. 



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|i ftlLLIAM W. LEMMON, M. D. Few phy- 
\\A/// sicians in this county have attained to a 
V^^ more enviable position, considering the 
time the}- have been in practice, than Dr. Lemmon, 
who is popular and prominent among the people 
of South Haven, where he established himself in 
1881. For two years after locating here he was 
engaged in the drug business, but has since aban- 
doned this, his time being all occupied in his pro- 
fessional duties. He is a Western iiinn by birth, 
his native place being Dubois County, Ind., where 
he first opened his eyes to the light September 15, 
184;'i. He spent the lirst eighteen years of his life 
uiion a faim, wliere he grew u|) healthy in mind 
and bodv, and was trained to those principles of 
right and honesty which have characterized his 
dealings with his fellow men. 

Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War young 
Lemmon enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
E, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served as 



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a private three ^ears. He saw iniicli of active 
service, participating iii the battle of Ft. Gibson, 
tlie siege of Vieksburg, the fight at Jacltson. Miss., 
and was at Ft. Blalveley and otiicr important points 
lield by the enemy during the war. Although often 
in the thickest of the fight, he escaped without 
injur}' and received an honorable discharge. Re- 
turning then to Indiana, he supplemented his edu- 
cation by an attendance of two years at Asbury 
(now DePauw) University, in Greencastle, and then 
spent two }-ears on tlie old farm. 

At the expiration of this time, Mr. Lemmon de- 
cided to take u[) the study of medicine, and enter- 
ing the Medical College at Indianapolis, he was 
graduated from that institution in 1873, after tak- 
ing a full course. Later, he attended lectures three 
terms at Detroit and Indianapolis. Locating in 
Washington, Ind., he there began the regular prac- 
tice of his profession, and later removed to Hunne- 
well, Kan., from which place he came to South 
Haven in 1884. 

Dr. Lemmon was married in Greencastle, Ind., 
March 10, 1874, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Ed- 
ward H. and Desire (Wateruouse) Crow. Mrs. 
Lemmon was born May 29, 1850, in Greencastle, 
and by her union with our subject has become the 
mother of four children — William G., Helen, Jacob 
and Eddie; the latter two are deceased. The little 
fauiil}- occupies a snug home in the soulhern part 
of the town, and number among their friends and 
acquaintances its most cultured people. The Doc- 
tor meddles very little with political affairs, but 
keeps himself posted upon current events and 
votes the Republican ticket. He is a charter mem 
bcr of Post No. 407, G. A. R., at South Haven, 
which was organized in 1887, and has now a mem- 
bership of about forty. He held the post of Com- 
mander for two 3'ears. He also belongs to Lodge 
Xo. 407, A. F. ifc A. M., at Greencastle, Ind.. and 
the Commandery. 

The father of our subject was Jacob Lemmon, 
likewise a native of Dubois County, Ind., where 
he was reared to man's estate. There also he was 
married to Miss Elizabeth Corn, a native of Ken- 
tucky, and thej' became the parents of nine chil- 
dren. Tlie mother departed this life at Green- 
castle, Ind., in ISCO. She was a hidy of many 



estimable qualities, and a member in good standing 
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Jacob 
Lemmon survived his wife six years, dying on the 
old home farm in Dubois County, Ind., in 1875. 
The paternal grandfather of our subject, also named 
Jacob, removed from \irginia to Kentucky at an 
early date, and finallj' to Indiana, where he and liis 
wife spent their last days. 

The parents of Mrs. Lemmon were natives re 
spcctively of Kentucky and Maine, and the vari- 
ous members of the family belonged to the Metlio- 
dist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Crow 
are still living in Indiana, and are the parents of 
eleven cbildr'^u. 



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,^^i AMUEL NUTT. The main points in the 
^^^^ history of this prominent citizen and 
liL/_<9) ^e"-to-c^o resident of South Haven may 
be gained in the following compara- 
tively brief outline. A native of Vermont, he was 
born May 29, 1840, and lived there until a youtii 
of fifteen years. His father, Isaac B. Nutt, was a 
native of Massachusetts, whence he removed to 
^'ermont in earl}- manhood. He was there mar- 
ried to Miss Sarali Monroe, a native of that State, 
and within its limits they spent the remainder of 
their lives, Mr. Nutt dying December 4, 1853. He 
served as a minute man in the War of 1812. The 
mother subsequently removed to Massachusetts, 
and Samuel being the youngest at home, virtually 
became the head ft the family. They were left in 
limited circumstances, and at an early age Samuel 
began learning the trade of a slioemaker, at which 
he worked in Massachusetts until the outbreak of 
the Civil War. The mother in the meantime had 
died, in 1857, in the faith of the Baptist Church. 
On the 15th of April, 1861, the subject of this 
notice enlisted as a Union soldier in Company H. 
Thirteenth Massac'husetts Infantry, and in August 
following was promoted to be Cori)oral. He re- 
mained in the army until the fall of 1862, when he 
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account of coiitiiiiiefl illness. It was believed by 
all that he simply went home to die. He had par- 
ticipated in the battle of Winchester and other 
minor engagements, and experienced the various 
hardships and privations of a soldier's life. After 
the close of the war, leaving New England, he 
went to New York City, where he engaged in the 
boot and shoe business as foreman of a factory and 
where he continued variously occupied in different 
branches of his business until 1875. 

January 1, 1867, at AYorcester, Mass., the subject 
of this notice was united in marriage with ]\liss 
Mary E. .S., daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Foster) 
French. Mrs. Nult was born in Grafton. Mass., 
February 14, 1841. Her parents were also natives 
of the Bay State. Her paternal great-great grand- 
father was one of the earliest settlers of Massachu 
setts, locating probably not far from the time at 
which the Bay Colony sought that region for its 
home. He was of Irish birth and parentage, and 
spent his last days in IMassacluisetts. The next in 
line of descent was Joshua French, who was one of 
fourteen sons born when the United States was 
composed of fourteen colonies, in one of which 
each one settled. Joshua chose Massacliusetts for 
his abiding-place, within which he S|)cnt most of 
his life, dying in New York State. 

On the nialernal side the grandfather of Mrs. 
Nult was Abner Foster, a native of Worcester 
County. Mass., and of English ancestry from 
the second generation settling on American soil. 
His wife, Judith Weatherbee, likewise traced her 
ancestrj- to England, and she also was of the 
second generation, many of whom fought valiantly 
in the Revolutionary AVar. Grandfather Benjamin 
Nutt, a native of Massachusetts, was a Captain in 
the A'erraont Rangers during the struggle for in- 
dependence, and received an honorable wound in 
the service. He spent the greater part of his life 
in Vermont, where he reared his family and died. 

In 187.5 Mr. Nutt, leaving New York Gity, emi- 
grated to Linn County, Iowa, and located at Cen- 
tral City, where he engaged in the boot and shoe 
business. He remained there until 1878, coming 
thence to Rooks County-, this State. He changed 
his residence to South Haven in April. 1884, when 
the present site of the town was unmarked save 



by a blacksmith-shoi), an liotcl. a general store and 
a drug-store. That same season he put up his 
present residence and shops, and estal)lished him- 
self in the boot and shoe business, which he has 
since conducted successfully. In the meantime he 
had become prominent in local affairs, being 
elected the first Ma^'or of the cit^' soon after lis 
organization, in the fall of 1887. Politically, he 
alliliates with the Union Labor party, and while a 
resident of Rooks County served as Justice of the 
Peace, and has been the candidate of his party for 
State Treasurer and Sheriff of the county. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Nutt there have been born two 
sons — Vincent S. and Vivian J. Mr. Nutt while a 
resident of New York City identified himself with 
Lodge, No. 632, A. F. it A. M.,and he also lielongs 
to Palestine Chapter, No. 255, in which he has 
taken seven degrees. He is also a Knight of 
Labor at South Haven, being a member of Lodge 
No. 8,685. with which he became identified at its 
organization, and in which he is a Master Work- 
man. He also belongs to the Anti-Monopolists of 
Springfield, Mo., and is National Vice-Foreman. 
He is a liberal-minded and imhlic-spirited citizen, 
one who keei)S liinsself thoroughly posted upon 
events of general interest, and who is always to be 
found on the side of the enterprises calculated to 
benefit the people at large. 



EV. AVAN L.V V.VXCE, M. D. This vet- 
eran in the medical profession is a man whose 
'i!>\\\ personal histor3- possesses very mnnj' jioints 
^ of interest, he having had a large exi)eri- 
ence of life and being possessed of that quality of 
observation in regard to what has been going on 
around him in the world, which has |)roved of great 
value in a moral and intelleclual point of view. He 
is a gentleman of fine tastes and has one of the most 
attractive homes in South Haven. The interior has 
been decorated largely by the handiwork of its in- 
mates, the Doctor and his amialile wife and their 
daughter, \iola. all of whom possess rare skill with 



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the pencil and brush. It is at once vecognizerl as 
the home of culture and rer.nement and is po less 
indicative of ample means. 

Dr. lia Vance was born in the city of Paris, 
France, June 22, 1818, but when a mere child re- 
moved from there wit'i his parents, .Joseph and 
Anna (Napoleon) La Vance, they settling on the 
Rhine where their son w.is reared and educated. In 
1834 they emigrated to America, locating in Ban 
gor, Me. In that city the [larents spent the remain- 
der of their lives, both dying at about the age of 
sixty -eight years. Thej' likewise were natives of 
France and of pure French ancestry. When a young 
man the subject of this sketch began the study o 
medicine in the Eclectic College of New York City 
and the Old School of Boston. Mass., from both of 
which he was graduateil. He began the practice of 
his profession at Dorcester, Mass.. when about 
twenty-two years old. Later he was a resident of 
Boston seven years and he also resided in Plymouth 
a number of years. From there he went to New 
York City and ihence, in 1849, to California. The 
wild life of the West, however, not being congenial 
to his tastes he returned the following j-ear and two 
j'ears later took up bis abode in Henderson, Ky. 

After a three jear's residence in the above-men 
lioned place, Dr. La Vance turned Iiis e3'es once 
more westward and we next find him in Carlinville, 
III. He remained there until 1867, then came to 
this State, locating in Clarion during the pioneer 
d.-jysof that region. He now entered upon a widely 
ditferent field of labor from that to which he had 
been .accustomed, liding on horselwck across the 
open prairie, frequentlj- forty miles, when there 
were no ro.ads or bridges and he had nothing to 
sruide him but his compass. Indians still infested 
the country and the intrepid phj-sician never ven- 
tured out without a brace of revolvers to protect 
himself from them and other natural enemies. The 
few white settlers were located principallj- along 
the creeks and the red man was troublesome and 
dangerous. The settlers put up a substantial school- 
house at Marion which they enclosed with a stone 
wall and this served as a fort to which they retreated 
in times of danger. Dr. La Vance in addition to 
the practice of his profession interested himself in 
the settlement of the countrj'. locating many farms 



for the emigrants. He practiced in that region until 
1884, in the meantime watching the growth and de- 
velopment of the country with warm interest and 
assisting to this end whenever possible. He finally 
decided to cast his lot with the people of South 
Haven and settled here when the present flourishing 
town was a village of a very few houses. His in- 
tention was to gradually retire from practice, but 
at South Haven he found quite a number of old 
Illinois friends who still call upon him, unwilling to 
be put aside. 

The first marriage of Dr. La Vance took place in 
the city of New Orleans with Miss Sarah, daughter 
of Abraham and Sarah (Jackson) Moore. This ladv 
w.as born in Louisiana and died at New Orleans in 
1840, where the Doctor had located temporarily. 
There were born to them two children, both of 
whom died young. The present wife of our subject, 
to whom he was married .Tanuarv' 6, 1857, at Mont- 
gomery, III., was formerly Miss Parthenia, daughter 
of Daniel and Eveline (Hamilton) Bagby. She was 
born in Macoupin County, 111., March 20, 1839. 
Phis union resulted in the birth of five children one 
of whom. Napoleon, died when two years old; Riz- 
pah is the wife of Ira P. Smith of Montgomery 
County. III.; John resides in South Haven, and 
- Eldora the youngest is at home with her parents. 
Viola is the wife of C. B. Wolfe of Wabaunsee 
County, Kan. 

Mrs. La Vance and her daughters are nifmbcrs 
in good standing of the Christian Church, in which 
the Doctor has labored as an Evangelist for more 
than thirty years. He organized the church at I'al- 
myra. III., and while living there officiated as Elder, 
and he has also organized a number of societies 
since coming to Kansas. He is still devoted to his 
ministerial labors, confining his attention mostly to 
this State, although sometimes called out of it. The 
Sunday-school has ever received his earnest and 
faithful attention. He was born and reared a Cath- 
olic, in the faith of which church his f.ather lived 
and died. The son was converted to the Protestant 
religion when a young man and at once began 
preaching and working in the Sunday-school. The 
mother, who had been born and reared a Catholic, 
chang9d her religious views at the same time that 
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ber of the Protestant Methodist Churcli. Dr. La 
A'ance has exercised a wide infltienoc and has been 
Ihe means of causing many adherents of tlie Catho- 
lic faith to come under tlie pale of the Christian 
Church. He is a man of broad and liberal views and 
fine intelligence — one of those who will be remem- 
bered long after he has been gathered to liis fathers. 



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^ AMES F. ROBERTSON, M. D. In every 
(lualiftcation which pertains to good citizen- 
sliip, this young gentleman has a prominent 
'{^// place, and in tlie professional ranks of Cald- 
well he is an able, well-informed and busy man. 
He has built up an excellent practice in the medi- 
cal profession during the few years in which he 
has been a resident liere, occupies a leading posi- 
tion among tiie practitioners of the place, and has 
a rei)ulalion s cond to none. He may well be 
called a self-made man, as his education was the re- 
sult of his own exertions, and the knowledge which 
he acquired from books and observation, has been 
made of practical use b3' his discrimination and 
wise application of theories. 

From worth}- parents Dr. Robertson derives the 
characteristics wliicli belong to the "canny Scot." 
His father, Araelious Robertson, was born in Scot- 
laud, in October, 1819, and was brought to America 
by his parents when a child. Tlie family settled in 
Black Hawk County, N. Y., and in 183G removed 
tu AVood County, Oliio, where the remainder of his 
life was passed, and where he breathed liis last. July 
5, 1888. His occupation was tiiat of a farmer. 
His wife, Margery Frazier, was born in Scotland, 
May 5, 1821. and still survives. She came to Amer- 
ica with her parents wlien about fifteen yeais old, 
the family settling in Wood County, Ohio. Arne- 
lions and Margery Robertson were the parents of 
eight children, of whom our subject is the second 
in order of birth. 

Dr. Robertson was born in llaskins County, Ohio, 
May 2, 18.')."), and was reared on the farm in AVood 
Countj-.acquiring a comnK)n-scuoi'l education there. 



In 1874, he began reading medicine with Drs. Peck 
and Powers, of Prairiesburg, Ohio, and after at- 
tending the Detroit (Mich..) Medical College three 
sessions, was graduated with high honors in the 
spring of 1877. He at once located in llaskins 
County, Ohio, began the practice of his profession, 
and remained in that place until 1882. at which 
time he removed to Caldwell, Kan. He has since 
been constantly engaged in professional work, and 
together with his professional reputation, has ac- 
quired a worthy one as a private individual. 

Dr. Robertson has been a member of the Cald- 
well Citj- Council for six j'ears, and is still serving 
on that board. He belongs to the Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, the Encampment of the Indepen- 
dent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, 
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. At 
the home of the bride in Ilaskin, Ohio. June 17, 
1879, he was united in marriage witii Miss Corne- 
lia J. Meagley. The bride was a native of the 
town in which she was married, was born in 1834. 
and is a lady of intelligence, refinement, and those 
sterling straits of character which endear her to her 
.acquaintances. She and her husband are the happy 
parents of one son, Wright. 




^^I'ARON 'I". BALL, Cashier of the P.ank of 
VsfuW Geuda Springs, although still a 3ouno- 
man, has displayed decided business quali- 
fications, an<l exhibits a high moralit}- and 
courteous bearing in private as well as in public 
life, winning respect and friendly regard on all 
sides. He is a sou of the Hoosier State, and the 
youngest of six children born to John and Mary ,1. 
(Bi-yant) Ball. His father was born near Louisville. 
Ky., about the year 1818. and having moved to Ful- 
ton County, Ind.. when a young man, spent the re- 
mainder of his life there, breathing his last in 1854. 
He was a farmer, possessed of considerable means, 
held some minor offices, and was for many years 
connected with the Methodist E|iiscopal Cluircli. 
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Count.v, Iiid.. and in tliat eonnty lirealiied liei last. 
Tlie brolliers of Aaron Ball were cliristened An- 
sel B., Daniel U., George W., John H., and Will- 
iam. 

Tlie subject of this sUeteh first opened his eyes 
to the light October .s. 1850, in Fulton County Ind., 
and was reared on the parental estate, acquiring an 
excellent education at Ft. Wayne. He was Deputy 
Auditor of tiie county seven years. In 1809, he 
went to Red Cloud, Xeb.. and after sojourning 
there a year, returned to his native .State, going 
again to Red CKuid in 1879, and remaining there 
ill the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincj' 
Railroad until 1882. He next removed to (4euda 
Springs, Kan., engaged in the general mercantile 
business for a )ieriod of two 3'ears, when he sold 
out, and until August. 1888, had no regular occu- 
pation. The Bank of Gueda Springs was then or- 
ganized, and he has since been its cashier; he is 
also a stock-holder in the institution. 

At the home of the bride in Warsaw, Ind.. Octo- 
ber 7. 1875. Aaron Ball and Miss Mary McGrew 
were united in marriage. Mrs. Ball was liorn near 
Goshen, Ind., March 10, 1855, possesses an estima- 
ble character and many womanly virtues, and her 
chief oljject has ever been to make her home hap|iy. 
and attractive to her husband and the son who was 
born to them, October 30, 187G. The bright lad 
who is the only offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Ball, 
bears the name of Chester B. Mr. Ball belongs to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the En- 
campment Degree, He is a believer in, and sup- 
porter of the principles of the Republican party. 



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UILLIAM H. BROWN. Among the (iisi 
seitlers of South Haven may be mentioned 
'^f^ Mr. Brown, who pitched his tent in the 
embryo village in June, 1 885, and established him- 
self in the livery business. There vvere then but 
comparative!}- few people who could act as patrons 
to such an enterprise, but by the exercise of pa- 
tience, vvitli a seasonable amount of wailing, satis- 



factory results began to develop. Mr. Browu has 
now a large barn stocked with a fine assortment of 
horses and vehicles, and is doing a paying business. 
He runs a hack line to and from the railroad depot, 
and by his courteous treatment of those with whom 
he has dealiugs, has fully established himself as a 
successful business man. 

A native of .Steuben County, N. Y., the subject 
of this notice was born Septembe; 17. 1836, to 
Samuel and Mary (Burr) Brown. The following 
year Samuel Brown resolved to seek the farther 
West, and taking with him his little family, emi- 
grated to Tazewell County, 111. He settled upon a 
farm, and there William H. grew to be a lad of fif- 
teen years. The famil}' then changed their resi- 
dence to Jefferson County, and later the parents 
removed to Fulton County, where they spent their 
last jears, dying at an advanced .age. The\' were 
most excellent and worthv jieopie, and members in 
good standing of the Baptist Church. There had 
been born to tliem twelve cliildren. of whom Will- 
iam H. was the sixth in order of l)irth. 

The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
Thomas and ^lary Brown, who lived in New York 
State a number of years, and then accompanied 
their .son to Illinois. Thomas Brown was a noted 
preacher of the Baptist Church for many years, an 
active worker, preaching until past his threescore 
years and ten. and organizing many societies of 
that denomination both in New York and Illinois. 
No fancy salaries were paid in the pioneer days, 
and Grandfather Brown's labors were mostly gratu- 
itous. His duties were performed mainly on the 
Sabbath day. while during the week he attended 
to the cultivation of his farm. He passed away 
firm in the faith which he had professed for so 
many years, justly feeling that he had earned the 
reward of a good and faithful servant. 

The earl}- education of William H. Brown was 
obtained in the district schools of Tazewell County, 
I III. When the family removed to Jefferson County 
the latter contained a large area of land still be- 
longing to the Government. He assisted his father 
ill transforming a portion of this into a comforta- 
ble homestead, much of the sod being turned by 
the old fashioned wooden mold-board plow. In 
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and when ready to establish a fireside of bis own 
was joined in wedlocl< witli ^L'ss Mary Estes. 

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
removed to Fulton County, III., settling on a farm 
where they lived about two years. There their 
eldest child, Columbus, was born. Illinois, how- 
ever, was not quite far enough West to suit Mr. 
Brown, and so, in 1857, gathering together his lit- 
tle family and his household effeets, he pushed 
across the Father of Waters into Douglas County, 
this State. Settling on a homestead claim, he op- 
erated in true pioneer style until 1872. That ^ear 
he came to this county, and locating near Caldwell 
engaged as a dealer in live-stock about two j'ears. 
Then, removing to Hunnewell, he established him- 
self in the livery business, and was thus occupied 
until coming to South Haven. 

Mr. Brown was wedded, October 23, 1873, at 
Wichita, to Mrs. Lydia (Molicre) Edwards. This 
lady was born in India)ia, December 31, 1841, and 
is the daughter of AVilliam and Jlary (Aughee) Mo- 
liere, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and are 
now deceaseiL Mrs. Brown was first married, in 
Indiana, January 12, 18G0, to Samuel Edwards, who 
served in the LTnion armj' during the late Civil 
War. and -.ubsequently located in Sumner County, 
this .State, of which he was one of the earliest pio- 
neers, and where he died in 1872. There was born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards one child, a son, Myron, 
who is now a resident of South Haven. 

Jlr. Brown while a resident of llunnewell served 
as a member of the City Council two terms, and 
has held the same position the same length of time 
ill .South Haven. During the prt)gress of the Civil 
^\'ar jMr. Brown, in August, 18G2, enlisted in the 
First Kansas Battery, under the command of Nor- 
man Allen, of Lawrence. Mr. Alleii died in .luly, 
1863, and was succeeded in the coTuniand by M. D. 
Tinney. Mr. Brown served until the close of the 
war, in the meantime being promoted to Corporal. 
He i)articiiiatcd in a number of important engage- 
ments, being at Xewtonia. iSIo.. Ft. Wayne, Kane 
Hill, \'an Buren and others. In the spring of 1803 
he returned to Lawrence, and triim there was or- 
dered to Ft. Leavenworth, where the battery ob- 
tained fresh ho:ses, and thence i)roceeded to Rolla, 
Mo. Next thev went to St. Louis, and from there 



to Indianapolis, Ind., after which they drove the 
raider Morgan from the soil of Oliio. Returning 
then to St. Louis they went fiom there to Cairo, 
and next to Columbus, Ky. After sojourning there 
one month they returned to Cairo, wliere they re- 
mained five months. 

Afterward Jlr. Brown was at Chattanooga, and 
in August, 18G5, returning to Ft. Leavenworth, re- 
ceived his honorable discharge. Although not 
being wounded or captured, his health was under- 
mined by the exposures and hardshi])S which he 
endured, and vvhich induced rheumatism, from 
which he has since suffered. He belongs to South 
Haven Post, G. A. R., and South Haven Lodge, 
No. 114, I. O. O. F., being a charter member of 
both lodges. Mrs. Brown belongs to Rebecca 
Lodge, No. 97. I. O. O. F. 



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, AMES P. ELSE A is a large laud owner, one 
of the most extensive cattle men in this sec- 
tion of the country', and who, although do- 
ing some general farming, devotes his atten- 
tion almost wholly to the handling of stock, buy- 
ing, feeding and shipping, in laige numbers. He 
owns five hundred and sixty aires of land in this 
county, and an extensive range in Barber County, 
having a controlling interest in about nineteen hun- 
dred acres theie. At this writing he has about 
one hundred and seventy- live head of cattle, and 
his herds number far more at some seasons. 

Mr. Elsea was born in Elkhart County, Ind., De- 
cember 4, 1847. and there grew to manuood, ac- 
quiring a fair educalinn under the (iue system of 
the Hoosier Stale, and residing in Ills native county 
until the s|)riug of 1873. Having chosen Kansas 
as his future home, he came to this county in April 
of that year, and pre-empte<l one hundred a-id sixty 
acres of land on section 32, Greene Townshi|i. where 
he stdl makes his home. During some six or seven 
years he sijcnt much of his lime in the Indian Ter- 
ritory, looking after Ihe cattle which he fed upon 
the ranges there, and he also s[)ciit two or three 



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years in Barber County, althoujili this lias been bis 
home since he" first; tool< up his claim here. He 
spent two years upon the Pacific Coast in Cali- 
fornia. 

Mr. Elsea is a Democrat, anrl is deeply interested 
in the welfare of the party, although he has no po- 
litical aspirations. He belongs to the Masonic fra- 
teinily. He is one of the most energetic of men. 
jdUy and companionable, and with the exception 
thnt'he still pursues a life;of single blessedness, his 
citizenship has'in it 'no cause7of complaint. As 
may well be supposed, he has inany~fricnds. and is 
warmlv welcomed in 'social circles. 



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^*i(^^OLNEY S. WIGGINS, one of tiie pioneers 
Wi /Z' rof Sumner County, was born near Circle- 
^ ville, Pickaway County-. Ohio, August 11, 
1855. His father, H. H. Wiggins, was liorn in the 
Pidvince of Ontario, Canada, and was a sou of 
Samuel Wiggins, a pioneer of that province, where 
he cleared a farm and engaged in agricultural pur- 
suits, continuing to reside there until his death. 

The father of our subject received his early 
training in the province, and when a .young man 
went to Ohio and purchased a tract of land near 
Circleville. Thinking he could better his condi- 
tion by going West, in 1858 he left his family and 
made his w.ay to Louisa Ccjunty, Iowa, where he 
purchased a tract of prairie land on tlie Iowa River. 
There were a few acres broken, and tliat, with a 
log house of which he immediately took possession, 
constituted the improvements. A few nights after 
his arrival there he was awakened I>y a stiaime 
sound, and jumping out of bed founcl liiuiself 
nearly waist deep in water. There had been a sud- 
den rise in the river, and the banks had been over- 
flowed, an occurrence which did not often happen. 
The father was soon joined by his family, and 
continued to improve the farm, upon which they 
lived until after the Civil M'-.n-. He then sold and 



bought a tract of wild land near by, which was the 
familj' residence until 1869, when he again sold out 
and journeyed farther Westward. This time he 
located in Crawford County, Kan., buying a claim 
to a tract of land one and a half miles east of Gi- 
i-ard. which he at once began to improve. He had 
resided upon this jilace five years, when he found 
that it was railroad land, 'to which he could secure 
a title only by paying a large sum to the railroad 
company. He therefore abandoned it, and again 
started Westward, on this" occasion coming to this 
country, where he was one of the pioneers. Deer 
and antelope still roamed over the prairie, and a few 
miles west buffalo abounded. He made claim to 
the southeast quarter of section 1, in what is now 
Osborn Township, and prosecuted the labors in- 
cidental to the improvement of the primitive soil. 
For some }'ears there was no railroad nearer than 
Wichita, and that city was the nearest market for 
farm products. Prior to his death, which occurred 
March 18, 1889, he had seen the county develop 
to one of the most populous, and whieh contained 
more railes"of railroad than any other in the State. 

The wife of II. H. Wiggins and mother of our 
subject, bore the maiden name of Lucinda Jones. 
She was a native of New York, and a daughter of 
Nathaniel Jones, who w.as, as far as known, a na- 
tive of the same State, and who was a carpenter by 
tr.ade. Mr. Jones removed from New York to 
Ohio, and lived in Pickaway County a numlier of 
years, after which he went to Iowa, and thence came 
to this State, where for some years he lived with his 
daughter, Mrs. Wiggins. He subsequently went lo 
the home of a son in Michigan, and tliere departed 
this life. Three children were born to the |)arents 
of our suljject — Hiram. Volney and Charles. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
was three years of age when his parents moved to 
Iowa, in which State he attended the pioneer 
schools. When his parents came to Kansas he ac- 
COnn)anicd them, and as soon as he was large 
enough he began to .assist his father in the vvork of 
the farm, and adopting his father's employment has 
always been engaged in .agricultural [lursuits. In 
1882 he located upon the farm which he now owns 
.and o(cu|)ies. and which cominises the south half 
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T(i\vnslii[). He .sliiiiils well among liis fellow citi- 
zens as a young man of industrious habits, intelli- 
gence, and gcidil principles, and one who merits 
tlieii' respect. 

The homo of .Mr. \viggiiis i.s brightened by the 
childi^li fdntis of three children — Samuel, Lucinda 
J. and Jose|)liine — who have blessed his union with 
the lady who exercises such pleasant and orderly 
control of the household affairs. This lady, forra- 
ei'ly Miss Lucy Rumble, native of Tower Creek 
Township, LaSalle County, 111., and daughter of 
Charles and Klizalieth Rumble, whose sketch will 
ijo found elsewhere in this volume, was united in 
marriage to 5Ir. Wiggins on December 3, 18SS2. 



G^llEORGE J. IMILLER is the owner and occn- 
— cupant of a pleasantly located, well-im- 
J) proved farm of one hundred and sixty 

acres on section 34, Wellington Township. This 
land was purchased by him in 1879, and was then 
in the primitive condition of unbroken prairie. 
Taking possession of it in 1880, he has erected a 
set of farm buildings, which, though built of wood, 
are substantial and well designed. He has fenced 
and otherwise improved the estate, among the 
notable features of its adornment being many fruit, 
shade and ornamental trees. 

The subject of this sketch w.as born in Benning- 
ton, Wyoming County, N. Y., July '27, 1853, and 
is the oldest member of the parental family. His 
father, George Miller, was born in Germany, and 
came to America when a young man. He learned 
the trade of a miller in bis native land, and fol- 
lowed this for some time, later purcliasing a farm 
in Bennington Township, V)'here for many j'ears he 
l)rosecuted agricultiue. He is now living in War- 
saw, the same county. The maiden name of his 
wife, the mother of our subject, was Kate Clar. 
Her father, Adam Clar, was a native of France, and 
spent his last years in Wyoming County. Beside 
our subject the members of the parental family 
were Margaret, .Tohn, Charles, Sarah and Lizzie 



The subject of this sketch received his early ed- 
catiou in the public sciiools of his native town, and 
prosecuted Ihe study of higlier branches at tlie 
Union School at Batavia. When not engaged in 
the schooli'oom he assisted his father on the farm, 
early acquiring a practical understanding of a far- 
mer's life and labors. At the age of twenty years 
he left the parental roof-tree and started out in life 
for himself, visiting different parts of the State of 
Michigan during the next few months. He then vvent 
to Ohio, and after spending the winter in another 
section, visited Toledo, wliere he accepted a posi- 
tion with the Water Company for a year, following 
which he entered the employ of the Summit Street 
Railway Conniany, remaining with them until he 
became a citizen of Kansas. 

Though young in years Mr. Miller exhibits a 
judgment and discrimination equal to that shown 
by many older men, and manages his estate pru- 
dently and disci'cetly. He possesses an upright and 
manly character, and is highl}' respected among 
tliose with whom his lot is cast. 



WILLIAM B. COLDWELL. This gentle- 
man is a .Justice of the I'eace in Oxford, 
„ ^. and is well known as a stock-raiser, his 
specialty being Jersey cattle, of which he has the 
best herd in the county, made up c>f the A. J. C. C, 
registered Jerseys. Mr. Coldwell is not only widely 
known as a Jersey cattle dealer, but has for a num- 
ber of years filled a |)rominent position in C)xford 
as a business man and a i)ublic servant, and he still 
holds positions of public responsibility for which 
a long experience in mercantile and clerical capaci- 
ties has well fitted him. His home estate com- 
prises seventy acres adjoining the town, and he 
also owns one hundied and sixty acres in another 
part of the townshi|i. 

Mr. Coldwell is a son of T. M. (,'oldwell and a 
grandson of Abiram Coldwell. The latter was a 
native of Virginia and the son of a man who came 
from Scotland. He grew to maturity in the Old 



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Dominion. aiiM tlieie married a Miss Monlgomei\y, 
after which he moved to the eastern part of Ten- 
nessee and engaged in farming, subsequently going 
to Dickson County, Tenn.. wiiere he died. He 
reared a family' of fifteen children. Of these, 
Thomas M. was horn in December, 1808, in Dick- 
son County, and tliere grew to maturity on his 
father's farm. After his marriage to Miss Eliza- 
beth Bfll. lie removed to Shelby ville, where he 
engaged in tiie sale of groceries and produce, and 
where he remained until his death, which took 
place in 1871. He was an able financier and a suc- 
cessful business man, but lost heavily in the war, 
saving but $250 out of the wreck made of his 
fortunes at that time. He was an Elder in the 
Presbyterian Church for more than a quarter of a 
century. He was kind and affectionate in his home 
relations and a prominent and respected citizen 
of ills county. He was llie father of nine chil- 
dren, of whom all but one are still living. 

The subject of this sketch is the first-born in the 
parental famil\-. The second son am) child. Em- 
raett, is now engaged in the foundry business at 
Birmingham. Ala.; Alice is the wife of William E. 
Mathews, of Shelby ville, 'I'enn.; ;\Iary, who died 
in November. 1872, was I lie wife of B. E. Pea- 
cock, of this township. Jolin is now agent for the 
Adams Express Company in St. Louis, Mo.; lie 
came to Oxford in 1871, and resided here twelve 
years. The above-named children were born to 
the first wife of T. M. Coldwell. and after her 
de.alh he marrieil Miss Jane Cannon, of Rutherford 
County, Tenn., who became the mother of four 
children. Jose|tli C. is pastor of the Presbj'terian 
Church at Elizaliethtown, Ky. ; Emma is still at 
home; Abbie is the wife of Mr. Black, of Louis- 
burg. Tenn.: Maggie is nilh her mother. 

The subject of this sketch was l)orn in Shelby- 
ville, Tenn., .January 18, 1839, and grew to man's 
estate in his native place, finishing his education at 
Shelby ville Academy. At the breaking out of the 
Civil War, in 1861, he went to Na.shville, Tenn., 
and entered the Cc>mmissary Department of C!en. 
Thomas' tommand. having charge of Taylor deiiot, 
with two or three million dollars' worth of stores, 
ship|)ing to the front all the time." He next en- 
tered the large retail dry-goods house of Col. W. 



W. Berry & Co., on College Street, Nashville, and 
subsequently handled the penitentiary productions 
— wagons, .stores, etc. — in the same cit3', with 
Messrs. ^IcCampbell and Michael. lie next held 
the position of Inspector of Customs in New York 
City during the years 1869-70, and then returned 
to his youthful home to assist in settling his father's 
estate. 

In October, 1872, Mr. Coldwell came to this 
place, where there were but few people, and whei-e 
deer were so plentiful that he could shoot all he 
wanted within the distance of half a mile, and 
herds of antelope were to be seen on Slate Creek. 
There were several Indian scares after he came 
here, but it was found that they were gotten up by 
desperate characters who had gathered here from 
various points, and the object was to steal horses. 
In the fall of 1873 Mr. Coldwell went into Harper 
County on a hunt and found but one white man 
in that county. His first claim here was the north- 
east cpiarter of section 22, upon which he made im- 
provements, and in 1874 moved to the land which he 
now occui)ies, where he has also erected good build- 
ings and placed the land under excellent cultiva- 
tion, erected a windmill, and setouc fruit and shade 
trefs. At the s:ime time he eng.aged in the dry- 
goo<ls business, opening one of the first establish- 
ments of the kind in Oxford and after a time 
begi)ining a trade in agricultural ira])lements, which 
he continued for ten or twelve years. He then en- 
gaged in the Ijreeding of thoroughl)red Jersey 
stock and good gr,ades of horses, .ind, ,as before 
stated, has become well known in this business. 

Mr. Ciildwell was Secretary of the Committee 
which was appointed to secure a wagon bridge 
across the Arkansas River, his coadjutors being H. 
Barrett, Jasper Summerville, G. J. Hess and Dr. 
T. J. Maggard. They raised a private subs('ri|)tion 
and the county gave assistance, and the higiiwa}' 
was secured. Our subject is manager of the co- 
opetative store at Wellington, which is controlled 
by the Farmers' Alliance, and has been elected Sec- 
retary of the Oxford Farmers' Elevator and Mill 
Company, composed of members of the same bod}', 
which is soon to erect the buildings indicated in 
tlu! title of their association. Mr. Coldwell has 
never desired office, but has been willing to serve 



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liis fellow-citizens when called u)5on to fill any 
position which does not require liis absence from 
liome. He has thciefore served as Townsiiip Clerk, 
and in 1888 was elected as Justice of the Peace. He 
li:is also been Chiiirman of the Democratic Town- 
ship Committee. Of more than ordinary intelii 
gence, undoubted abilitj- and excellent char.acler, 
Mr. Coldwell is highly respected by all who know 
liim. 

The wife of Mr. Cold well bore the maiden name 
of Nellie Malaby, and their raarriasie was cele- 
brriled at her home, in Palestine Township on the 
last day of 1878. The bride was born in Pennsyl- 
vania April 27, 1854, and moved to Illinois with 
her parents, and in 1871 came with theui to this 
county, vvhere her mother is still li\inu;. Her 
father, the late George A. Malaby, was one of the 
earlj' settlers of this count}'. He niairied Miss 
Esther Johnson, and their familj* comprised five 
sons and six daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Cold well 
are tlie happy [)arents of five interesting children, 
who are named res|)ectively : Irma. Irene. Irving, 
Ivan and Ion. 



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AMES W. II0USP:W0RT11. The work of 
the biographer is particularly pleasant when 
to a record of financial prosperity and suc- 
cess one can add that of a useful career on 
tlie field of battle and in various departments of 
local affairs, and a character above reproach. .Such 
a life and character may well be recorded for tlie 
benefit of future generations, who will eagerly 
glance backwarfl to lenrn what worthy examples 
Iiave been given by their progenitors. The gentle- 
man who is the subject of this sketch can look back 
over years well spent since his earl}' manhood, 
and turning his thoughts to the future, ma}' con- 
fidently hope for still more extended usefulness 
through his personal efforts and the famil}' whom 
he has reared. 

Mr. Housevvorth is the third in a family of fil- 
teen childi-en. twelve of whom grew to maturity. 
Their parents were Abrani H. Houseworth, who 



was born near Orange Court House, Va., and Lucy 
A. Bhickwell. who was also a native of the Old 
Dominion. This worthy couple wore married in 
Kentucky, and resided there until 1842, when they 
removed to Clark County, Ind., locating on a 
farm. They sojourned in the rural districts but a 
short time ere removing to the count}' seat, where 
Mr. Houseworth again occupieil himself at his trade 
of a mechanic. Four years later they returned to 
their farm, upon which they remained until 1878, 
when they settled in Carroll County, Mo. The 
mother departed this life in 1!S8.5, and the father 
in 1888. 

The gentleman of whom we write was born at 
Simpsonville, Shelby County. Ky., June 29, 1841, 
and was still an infant when the family removed 
to the Hoosier State, in the district schools of 
which he I'eceived a good common-school educa- 
tion. Me began life for himself when he still lacked 
a year of his majorit}-, by enlisting at the breaking 
out of the Civil War in Company B, Eighty-first 
Indiana Infantry. The command was sent to Nash- 
ville, Tenn., and forming a part of Gen. Rosen- 
crans' arm}-, took part in the battle of Stone River, 
and thence went to Chattanooga, later participat- 
ing in the battle of Chickamauga, and fighting al- 
most continually until the siege of Atlanta. 

I'nder the command of Gen. Thomas they next 
participateil in the engagement at Jonesboro. 
whence they returned to Nashville, fighting in the 
battle of Franklin on their wa}- thither, engagino' 
in another hard contest at their objective point and 
driving away Gen. Hood's army. Their next move- 
ment was to Huntsvillc, .41a., following which they 
entered East Tennessee, and then went to North 
Carolina on a scouting expedition. At the con- 
clusion of this ex|)edition they returned again to 
Nashville, where they remained until mustered out 
of service, at Camp Harper, in June. 1S65. Dur- 
ing the battle of Stone River, Mr. Houseworth was 
struck on the left elbow by a minie ball, but re- 
mained with his company notwilhst.anding the 
wound. He entered the ranks as a piivale. and 
was promoted to the position of Corporal. 

Affer being honorably discharged, Mr. House- 
worth returned to his father's farm, happy in the 
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n retrospective view of his conduct during tlie war, 
and that tlie years wliicli he had devoted to the 
service of his countrj- had been well and iiol)l3' 
si)ent. During tlie winter after his return home he 
attended sdiool. and the foliowiug spring rented a 
farm, wliicii he operated about a year. He then 
purchased thirty-two acres, which he lived upon 
until 1S68. wiien he removed to Missouri and set- 
tled in Carroll County, where he innchased a farm 
of forty acres, which was his home until 1877. 
when he came to Kansas and settled on the farm 
which he now occupies. This comprises two hun- 
dred acres in Ryan 'Jownship, and when he took 
possession of it every acre was in the raw condi- 
tion of the Sumner Count}' prairie. One hundred 
and sixty acres are now devoted to crops, and 
the owner divides his attention equally between 
the raising of crops and stock. Ti.e estate bears 
the usual improvements, the dwelling, which was 
erected in the year 1879, having been added to 
in 1887, forming a pleasant and commodious resi- 
dence. In 1887 Mr. Ilouseworth went to Garfield 
County and took up one hundred and sixty acres 
of land as a soldier's homestead, and on that tract 
he lias broken forty-Qve acres of ground and dug 
a good well. 

The marriage of Mr. Houscworth was celebrated 
in Indiana, March 2G, 18G6, his bride being Miss 
Elizabeth Mitchell, who was born in Clark Countj', 
of that State, January 30, 1840. She was the re- 
cii)ient of a good common-school education, has 
many womanly virtues, and possesses a character 
which endears her to many hearts. Her parents, 
John and Rachel (St. Clair) Mitchell, were natives 
of Pennsylvania, but lived for a time in Ohio and 
later in Indiana. ;SIr. Mitchell w.as a farmer. He 
died in 1879, and his wife in 1858. 

Mr. and Mrs. Houseworth are the parents of six 
children : Theodore E., Rachael Estella, John Leno 
and Abram Leman (twins), Frances Olga and Lucy 
Gertrude. The oldest son is now teaching in School 
District No. 137; Rachael Estella teaches five miles 
north of ililan; Abram Leman is teaching four 
and one half miles northwest of Argouia. 

Mr. Houseworth is a member of the Farmers' Al- 
liance, and of John Goldy Post, No. 90, G. A. R., 
of Milan, being Chaplain in the latter organiza- 



tion. He is Director of School District No. 123, 
and has been elected Justice of the Peace; he is 
also serving his second term as Trustee of Ryan 
Township. While a resident of Missouri, he was 
twice elected Township Collector, and was also 
Registering Officer. He takes an active interest in 
politics, and votes the Republican ticket. Mrs. 
Houseworth is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church and Mr. Houseworth of the Christian 
Church, and be has taught in the Sunday-school. 



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EBERLE D. WHITESIDE. In noting the 
business men of Caldwell, liie name of Mr. 
, ' Whiteside deserves more than a passing 

mention. In revei ting to the incidents of his earlj' 
life, we find that he was born in Casey Count}', 
Ky., January 13, 1863, and is the son of Christo 
pher and Elizabeth (Wilson) Whiteside, who were 
natives of Kentucky. The '.alter lived in tlie Blue 
Grass State until abovit 1865. then emigrated to 
Illinois, and four years later to Cherokee Countv, 
Kan. The elder Whiteside spent his carl}- years 
mostly in farming pursuits, but is now engaged as 
an hotel-keeper at Neosha. He bears the reputa- 
tion of an honest man and a good citizen, is a worthy- 
member of the Christian Church, a Democrat in 
politics, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. 
The mother is also still living. The parental fam- 
ily included nine children, who were named re- 
spectively: William A., James T., Mattie, John, 
Eberle D., Eliza. Kittle, Lizzie, and Charles C. 

The subject of this sketch was the fifth child of 
his parents, and was reared on the farm in Chero- 
kee County, this State, acquiring a practical educa- 
tion in the common school. He made good use of 
his time and opportunities for the acquisition of 
useful knowledge, and for a time followed teaching. 
Later he entered the printing office of the Colum- 
bus Times, where he learned the "art preservative" 
and was engaged at this until 1883. That j-ear he 
became the employe of the Long Bell Lumber Com- 
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charge of this business at Caldwell since 1885. He 
possesses fine l)usincss qualifications, and is evi- 
dently' bound to make of life a reasonable success. 
He votes the Democratic ticket, and belongs to the 
Ancient Order of L'nited Workmen. 

On the 2;tth of December, 18.SG, Mr. Whiteside 
was wedded to Miss Mamie llammett, of Colum- 
bus, Kan. Mrs. Whiteside was born in Martha's 
Vineyard. Mass., May, 1803, and is a daughter of 
John M. and Cordelia (Tdton) llammett, likewise 
natives of the Bay Slate, and now of Columbus, 
Kan. There has been born to .Mr. and Mrs. White- 
side, one child. Gladys E., July 2!), 1888. 



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a IfelLLIAM D. MOOIJl-:, proprietor of the 
\/\//' ^^'ell'"gton Foundry, Stove and Macliine 
\j/^ AVorks, is numbered among the stirring 
business men of the city, and established himself 
in his present business in January, 1886, being lo- 
uateil at the intersection of Harvey Avenue and C 
Street. He gives em[)loynient to several men, and 
is contributing his full quota to the industrial in- 
terests of Sumner County. 

Essentially a Western man, Mr. Moore was born 
iu Sangamon County, III., July G, 1856, and was 
reared to manhood on his father's farm twelve 
riiiies south of Springfield. He completed a thor- 
ough education in the university at Champaign, 
being graduated in the Class of '83, from the me- 
chanical and civil engineering departments. Soon 
afterward he assumed the position of Assistant Su- 
perintendent of River Survey on the Mississippi 
River in the employ of tiie Government. He was 
thus occupied one year, and then went into the 
Champaign machine shops, where he worked also 
one j'ear, and acquired a practical knowledge of 
the business. At the expiration of this lime, com- 
ing to Wellington he purciiased a small foundry, 
and was ready for business on the 1st of January. 
1886. 

Fiom the start Mr. Moore has been prosperous. 



being obliged to increase his facilities, and now has 
one of the best-equipped shops in the city, giving 
employment to ten men during the busy season, 
lie devotes his entire attention to his business, hav- 
ing neither lime nor inclination for politics, sim- 
ply casting his vote in support of the Democratic 
party. 

The subject of this sketch was married at Au- 
l)urn. Hi., February 17, 1887, to Miss Mattie Hill. 
Mrs. Moore, like her husband, was born in Sanga- 
mon County, 111., and is the daughter of William R. 
and Jane (Mason) Hill, the former of whom was a 
a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Illinois. 
Mrs. Moore received excellent parental training, 
and remained under the home roof until her mar- 
riage. 

The father of our subject was Morrison M. 
Moore, who was a native of Virginia, and born 
about 1810. He removed to Kentucky when a boy 
where he grew to man's estate, and then emigrated 
to .Sangamon County, 111. There he was married to 
Miss Sarah Crow, and they became the parents of 
eight children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Moore 
was born in Keutuck\ , and removed with her par- 
ents to Illinois when a young girl, about 1830. 
She and her husband are still living at the old farm 
in Sangamon County, and the elder Moore votes 
the Democratic ticket. Our subject and his family 
occup3' a neat home in the northern part of the 
city, and enjo}' the acquaintance and friendship of 
its best people. Mr. Moore has recently determined 



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W. SHEARMAN. Among those who 
^YQt have borne no unimportant part in build- 
ll^ ing up the town of Wellington, asd whose 
^^ interests have centered here for these many- 

years, the subject of this notice deserves special 
mention. Notwithstanding that he has witnessed 
changes that seemed more like a dream than a reality, 
and was in Wellington during its earliest settlement. 



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ho is still a man in the piime of life, having been 
born Soptember 23. 1836. His native place was 
Yates C'ountj% N. Y.. where he was re."»refl on a farm 
and attendert the common school. The death of iiis 
motiicr, when he was a bo^' of thirteen j-ears, re- 
sulted in tiis going out in the world to earn his 
own living, and he worked on tiie farm in the sum- 
mer, and in the winter season in the timber. When 
a youth of nineteen 3-ears. lie went into Chemung 
County. X. Y., and for some time thereafter was 
engaged as a traveling salesman for a boot and shoe 
house. He then returned to his native county, 
and engaged in the grocery business at Penn Yann, 
remaining there until 18.')1. Afterward he changed 
his residence to Niagara County, and liecame 
Superintendent of Gen. Whitney's farm, holding 
the position seven years. In 18.58, he repaired to 
Louisiana and beciine overseer of a plantation, 
sixt}^ nine miles above the citj' of New Orleans. 

We next find Mr. Shearman again in the North, 
in consequence of the outbreak of the Rebellion, 
located near Geneva, N. Y. In 1862 he enlisted as 
a Union soldier in Company F, One Hundred and 
Twenty- sixth New York Infantry. The regiment 
soon afterward was ordered to Harper's Ferry. 
In September, that year, Mr. Shearman was captured 
with 13.000 otiiers. The next day the)- were 
paroled, sent to Chicago, 111., and Mr. Shearman 
was discharged on account of disability. In Febru- 
ary, following, he returned to New York State, and 
lived one year in Ontario County. He then clerked 
one year in Penn Yann. and going from there to 
Kimira. engaged again ns a salesman for a boot and 
shoe house three years. lie next established iiim- 
self in liie grocery Viusiness at Penn Yann. sojourn- 
ing there until I 87 1 . although for two years, he was 
not engaged in an)- active business. 

In the year last mentioned. Mr. Shearman turned 
his face towards the (ireat West with the intention 
of settling in some new town. Coming to Kansas, 
lie visited a brother in Leavenworth, and there 
learned that a new town named Meridien had just 
been started in Sumner County. He accordingly 
set out for that point, going by rail to Emporia, 
tlien the Western terminus of the Santa Fe Road, 
and from tlierc by stage to Wichita. There being 
no stage from this point as he expected, and deter- 



mined not to abandon his enterprise, he started out 
on foot with another man, and about two and one- 
half miles southeast of the present site of Welling- 
ton, he found the village of Meridien. This con- 
sisted of a few tents near the timber. The pro- 
prietors of the land offered Mr. Shearman two lots 
if he would i)ut up a store building and embark in 
merchandising. He stopped over night with them, 
and the following daj- two gentlemen named Wood 
and Godfrey invited him to their camp, one mile 
distant. Upon arriving there, thej- unfolded to him 
their plans. The)^ were about to lay out a village 
where Wellington now stands, and offered him two 
business lots and two residence blocks for himself 
and his brother. 

Mr. Shearman bad already made arrangements 
with a friend at Emporia to send him lumber, and 
who at once dispatched teams for this place, and on 
the 4th of April, in company with others, com- 
menced laying out the town. As soon as his lumber 
arrived, he put up the first building erected in 
Wellington, and as it a|)proaclied completion, 
placed within it a stock of general merchandise, in- 
cluding most everything in genernl use. This, with 
the exception of Mr. Godfrey's drug store, was the 
onlj- store in the town for many years. Mi'. Shear- 
man gave his sole attention to his mercantile busi- 
ness about eight j-ears. and then served two years 
as under sheriff. When the AVells-Fargo Express 
Company established an office here, he accepted the 
agency and discharged the duties of this position 
until the office was consolidated with that of the 
Adams Express Company. He then embarked in 
the grocery business, which he is still conducting. 

When Mr. Shearman came to this county, deer, 
antelope and buffalo were numerous, and the land 
was owned by the Government. It was sold for 
§1.25 per acre to homesteaders, who are now in 
possession of valuable and productive farms. Mr. 
Shearman has lived to see the surrounding country 
settled up with an intelligent and [irosporous peo- 
ple, and a city, numbering probablv G.OOO souls. 
grow up from the prairie. Since attaining his ma- 
jority, Mr. Shearman has voted the Democratic 
ticket. He was the first Trustee of Wellington 
Township, and was a member of the Hoard of 
Couutv Commissioners during the erection of the 



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427 



court house in 1881. He lias been a member of 
the C'ty Council, and served as Mayor three years. 
As one of the old landmarlis he is known to a 
large portion of the i)eo|ile cf Sumner Conntj-, and 
will be oratefuily remembered long after lie has de- 
[larted hence. 

The first marriage of Mr. Shearman occurred 
Deceml)cr 14, 18G6, tlic bride being Miss Ophelia 
Bennett. Tliis lady was likewise a native of New 
York State, and died in Penn Yann in 1SG8. In 
1879, l\Ir. Shearman contracted a second marriage 
witii Miss Alwilda DeArmand, wlio was l)orn in 
Butler County, Ohio. Of the first marriage there 
was born onecdiild, a daughter, Helen, wiio is now 
the wife of P. J. Ivers. The second union resulted 
in ihe birth of tliree cliildren — Grace, Siiirley and 
John. 

The father of our subject was Jolm Shearman, 
a native of Dublin. Ireland, and the son of George 
Sheirman, who probabl}' w.as born in the same 
country, and spent his entire life tliere. George 
.Shearman was an attorney, and successfully engaged 
in the practice of his profession. The maiden 
name of his wife was Rebecca Brown. She was born 
in England, and died in the city of Dublin at the 
advanced age of one hundred and five yeais. Both 
were Episcopalians in religious belief. Four of 
their children emigrated to America — James, John, 
Frank and George — settling in Yates County, N. Y. 
Frank and James never married. George reared 
a family. John acquired an academic education in 
his native city and sailed for America when a 
a youth of nineteen years. Later he engaged rn 
farming in Yates County, N. Y., but a few years 
after marriage removed to ^Vilkesharre, Pa., and 
embarke<l in the distillery business. After a twenty 
years' residence there he returned to Yates County, 
and purchased a flouring mill, which he operated 
some years. He died in that county in 1867, at 
the age of ninety-seveu years. 

The mother of our subject l)ore the maiden name 
of Anna Woodruff. She was born in Connecticut, 
and was the daughter of Elisha Woodruff, who 
probablj- was also a uative of that State, and wh<» 
emigrated to Yates County, N. Y.. during its pio- 
neer d.ays, purchasing a tract of timber land in the 
wildernes!^;. This was long Iji'forc lliedavsof canals 



and railroads, and for a time t!ie nearest mill to 
Grandfather Woodruff was at Elmira, seventy-five 
miles distant, to which lie carried liisgriston horse- 
back. He cleared a farm, and resided there until his 
death. Jlrs. Shearman spent her last days with her 
son in Tomi)kins County, N. Y. To her and her 
husband there have heon born nine children, four 
sons and five daughters, viz.: Frank, Charlotte, 
Bradley. Rhoda, Anna, John, Mary, A. W., and one 
who died in infancy. 



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EXRY L. BENEDICT, Postmaster at Milan, 
|. ,., is one of those deserving citizens whose 
i^^' history the biographer takes great pleasure 
1^) in writing. For more than a decade he has 
resided in Ryan Township, and during those years 
ho has filled positions of res|)onsibility among his 
fellow-men, and has ever been found faithful in 
the discharge of his duties, both in those public 
capacities and in those of private life. His loyalty 
and devotion to his counlr}^ were manifested during 
the Civil War, and proved him a worth3- son of a 
father who had .served in the AYar of 1812, under 
the leadership of William Henry Harrison. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
Obadiah Benedict, a native of Scotland, and a 
(^>uaker in his religious belief; his wife was of 
W elsli ancestry. Among the progeny of this 
worthy couple was Asahel Benedict, who was born 
in the State of New York, and adopted the occupa- 
tion of farming. During the second contest for 
American relief from British t^'ranny, he became a 
teamster, driving oxen and carrying stores and 
ammunition, and using a musket on various occa- 
sions. He participated in the battle et Tip|)eeanoe, 
and during the war became ver3' strongly' attached 
to Gen. Harrison, with whom he at one time 
swapped horses. 

Asahel Benedict married Miss Evelina Moore, 
an.ative of Connecticut, and a daughter of Chandler 
Moore, of England, who served in the Colonial 
Army during the Revolution, and wn.'; wounded 



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by a sabre cut at the battle of Bran dj' wine. Tbis 
coii))lc was united in marriage in Ohio, and per- 
manently resided in that State, having been among 
the earliest settlers of Franklin County'. 'I'hey 
were the parents of nine children, two of whom are 
now living. Four sons grew to manhood, and all 
served in the Union Army during the Rebellion — 
Anson was a member of the Fourteenth Ohio In 
fan tr^^ and died from disease at Kingston, Ga. ; 
Flavel T. belonged to the Ninety-fifth Ohio In- 
fantry, and served under Gen. Thomas at the baltk, 
of Nasliville, during which he received a death 
wound; Charles W. belonged to the Third Ohio 
Infantr}-, and was captured by the Confederates in 
the earl}' years of the war, but was exchanged, and 
continued to serve his country until the close of 
the contest. The mother of tiiis family died in 
1839, and the father survived until 1881, when he 
passed away at the age of eighty-nine years. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
was the second member of the parental family, was 
born in Franklin County, Ohio, April 1, 1827, and 
was reared to the age of sixteen at the place of his 
liirth. He received a common school educacion in 
the district schools, and at tiie age of thirteen 
years began life for himself as a farm hand, work- 
ing by tiie month. Three years later he went to 
Louisiana, and was engaged in checking timber and 
in sawmill work near New Orleans for about four 
years, after which he spent a 3'ear getting out 
timber in tlie swamps. He became of age while 
there, and east his first vote for Gen. Zachary 
Ta\-lor for President. 

After the lumbering and milling experiences in 
the South, Mr. Benedict turned his face Northward 
and settled in Washington County, Ind., on a 
farm, continuing to reside in the Hoosier State 
and occupy himself with agricultural labors until 
1871, with the exception of the time which he 
devoted to his country's service on the field of 
battle. At the (kte last mentioned he removed to 
Kansas, settled on a farm in Cowley County, and 
six years later removed to the farm which lie now 
occupies. His estate comprises one hundred and 
sixty acres of land, all improved, and supplied 
with a full assortment of buildings in good con- 
dition, and everything about the place indicate? 



that its owner is thoroughly acquainted with the 
details of his chosen occupation, and a e.-'.pable 
judge of the needs of the countiy, and conse- 
quently discriminating in regard to stock and crops. 
Mr. Benedict was appointed Postmaster at Milan, 
June 24, 1889, and beside conducting the oUJce, 
which is a fourth-class and money order one. he 
handles a stock of groceries. 

"The shot heard round the woild " had scarcely 
ceased to re-echo throughout the land ere Mr. 
Benedict had determined to do what lay in his 
power to prevent the dissolution of the Union. He 
enlisted July 13, 1861, as a private in Companj^ K, 
Twenty-third Indiana Infantry, and six months later 
was promoted to the rank of Corporal. The command 
was sent to St. Louis, and thence to Paducah,Ky., 
and served under Gen. U. S. Grant until after the 
fall of ^'icksburg, following which they were under 
the leadership of Gen. Logan, Gen. McPherson 
and of Gen. F. P. Blair. Still later Mr. Benedict 
was a member of the force under command of Gen 
Gresham, and still later fought under Gen. Sher- 
man. He participated in the trying contests of 
Fts. Henry and Donelson, on the bloofl}' field of 
Shiloh, throughout the siege of Vicksburg, at Ray- 
mond, Jackson (Miss.), Champion Hill and Black 
River. He took part in a running fight with 
Bragg's army, in the Sherman raid to Meridian, 
Miss., in the affray at Big Shanty, and in the 
notable engagement at Kenesaw Mountain; he 
celebrated the Fourth of July. 1864, by taking 
part in the rattle of musketr}' and the clash of 
arms on the Ciiattahoochie River, and during the 
following day also spent the hours in renewed 
attempt to preserve the life of the Nation that had 
been born eighlj'-eight j-ears before. A few days 
after this engagement, the three-yeai's term of 
service for which the regiment had been enlisted 
having expired, they were sent to 'Jotliwell, Ga., 
discharged, and going to Chattanooga, Tenn., were 
there mustered out of the service. Although Mr. 
Benedict did not attain to a high rank, and his 
name was not blazoned before the world as a great 
general or the leadei of some dashing exploit, he 
is nevertheless as brave, gallant and worthy a sol- 
dier as could be found in all the ranks. Praise 
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capacity' to plan and to esecnte campaigns k'd 
victoiy to porch upon the banners of the Union 
forces. But to the noble men. who, like our sub- 
ject, left home and loved ones and endured all the 
privations, liangers. and arduous toils of "life on 
the tented field," no less is a meed of honor due; 
no less is the hep.rt of a lover of his country thrilled 
by recollection of all they suffered and all wliich 
we owe to them. And what shall be said of the 
noble women nho. after bidding their loved ones 
a fond good-bye, took up the great burden of 
anxiety and suspense regarding their safety, adding 
it to tiie other burden of family support, which so 
often devolved upon theui. The wife of Mr. 
Benedict was left with four small eiiildren when he 
took up arms, and during the weary months of his 
absence she filled a father's place to them, exercised 
a wise oversight over their worldly affairs, and 
proved that she too could sacrifice and endure in 
her country's cause. 

This lady, who for many years has stood by Mr. 
Benedict's side, sharing in his trials and his joys, 
and with him endeavoring to worthily fill their 
sphere in life, bore the maiden name of Sarah E. 
Andrew. She is a daughter of Thomas Andrew, a 
native of North Carolina and a mechanic, who 
departed this life in 1878, and of Lucy Dollans. a 
native of Virginia, whose death took place in 187J. 
]\Ir. and Mrs. Andrew were the parents of eight 
children. Mrs. Benedict was the third in order of 
birth, first opened her e3-es to the light May 24, 
1S.31, and was united in marriage with our subject 
.September 13, 1819. Two of her brothers. Will- 
iam and .lolm. entered tlie Union Army, and the 
latter died in the service in 1.SC5. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Benedict eight children have been born, and 
six arc now living. These are named respectively-: 
John A., Caroline. Roliert A , Charles H., M.ay 
and Crowder. 

Mr. Benedict belongs to John Goldy Post. No. 
90. G. A. R.. and was ^'ice Commander in 1888. 
lie is much interi'Sted in educational matters, and 
has been a member of the School Board for several 
years. He was Treasurer of Ryan Township in 
1887, and he is one of the gentlemen who named it. 
In politics he is always actively interested, and is a 
never failing supporter of the Republican ticket. 



Both he and his wife are members of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, in w^hich he is a Trustee 
and the Chairman of the Board, and the entire 
family take an active part in the work of the Sun- 
day school. Mrs. Benedict has been a member of 
the church since 1842, having identified herself 
with that religious body at the age of eleven years. 



AMES C. DAVIS is the owner and occupant 
of the southeast quarter of section 2.'j. Jackson 
Township, where he h.as resided for several 
years, and where he has erected a good set 
of farm buildings, planteil a fine orchard, and made 
other improvements such as are usually accom- 
plislied by a thorough farmer. His grandfather, 
Samuel Davis, was born in Wales, in which country 
the ancestors had been living for generations. He 
came to America and in Vermont continued his La- 
bors as a farmer, and in that State departed this 
life. 

Samuel Davis, Jr., son of the above, and father 
of our subject, was born in Rutland County, Vt., 
and reared to agricultural [nirsuits. He first re- 
moved to New York, and about 1820 went to Ohio, 
becoming a iiioneer resident of Miami County. He 
took up a tract of heavily timbered land in Stan- 
ton Township, erected a log cabin, and resided 
there until 1834, wlien he sold and purchased other 
timber land in Union Township, Mercer County, 
building a log cabin in that wilderness also.and again 
undergoing the hardships and trials of a frontiers- 
man. Dfeer, bears, wolves, coons, wild cats and 
gr.aj' foxes were numerous, there were no railroads 
or canals for several years, and the nearest town of 
any note was Pickawaj", forty miles distant. He 
cleared a farm, and as there was no sale for timber, 
many fine logs which he cut were rolled together 
ami burned to get rid of them. On that place he 
resided until a short time before his death, when he 
took up his abode with his children. His wife, who 
was born in New York, bore the maiden name of 
Laura Spicer, and was a daughter of Samuel and 



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Sarali (Uudd) Spieer. Slie dieil at Ihu home of 
her chiklieii in March, 1865. 8he had reared seven 
cliildren: Samuel, Laura. Justus. James, Mary, Sa- 
rah and Eliza. Justus and James took part as sol- 
diers in the late war. 

James C. Davis was born in Miami County, 
Ohio, September 8, 1827, and being a lad of seven 
years when his parents removed to Mercer County, 
he was practically reared in the latter. Tliere were 
no free schools at that (jeriod, and institutions of 
learning were kept up by suliscription, and were 
held in log houses, with benches made by splitting 
logs, inserting pins for legs and hewing the upper 
side smooth. As soon he was large enough, young 
Davis began assisting his father on the farm, ami 
continued so employed until 1849, whfea he bought 
a tract of timber land near the jiarental homestead, 
built a log cabin, and commenced housekeeping. 
He cleared the land and worked it, residing there 
until 1864, when he entered the one hundred days' 
service as member of Company' Iv, One Hundred 
and Fifty-sixth Ohio Lifantry. At the expiration 
of his term of service he resumed farming, and re- 
mained upon his original homestead until 1882, 
when he came to Kansas, locating in this count}'. 
A year later he sold his Ohio farm and bought that 
upon which he is now residing. 

At the home of the bride in Mercer County, 
Ohio, July 12, 1841), Mr. Davis was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Mary H. Gordon, a native of Har- 
din County, Ky. Her grandfather, John Gordon, 
was born either in Scotland or Ireland, and came 
with his father, Hugh Gordon, to America, locating 
in Virginia. In 1801 they went to Kentucky, set- 
tling in Washington County, where he cleared a 
tiact of land, and where both the grandfather and 
great-grandfather remained until their death, the 
latter being one hundred and three years at the 
time of his decease. The wife of John Gordon 
bore the maiden name of Mary Latham, and after 
the death of her husband she went to Illinois, and 
spent her last years with her children there. 

Henry C4ordon, the father of Mrs. Davis, was 
born in Fauquier County, \a., and was reared and 
married in Kentucky, m his manhood settling in 
Hardin County, where he lived until 1840, when 
he I'emoved to iMerccr County, Ohio, buying a tract 



of timber land, which he cleared and made his 
his home until his death. His wife. Miss Catherine 
Drurj', was born in Bennington Count}', Vt., and 
was the daughter of Samuel Drur}', a saddler, who 
after working in New York City, went to the Green 
Mountain State, where he married Miss Hannah 
Brunson, later removing to Lake Geneva, N. Y., 
thence to Hardin County, Ky., where both subse- 
quently died. The mother learned the trade of a 
raantau-raaker in Albany, N. Y., and .also learned 
to spin and weave, as was the custom in that da}-. 
Her daughter, Mrs. Davis, also learned to spin and 
weave, and now has in her possession coverlets of 
her own manufacturing. She also learned the trade 
of a tailoress. 



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^^ORRANCK R.DONLEY. This sturdy vet- 
f(^^^ eran bears the distinction of being one of 
^^^f' the oldest living settlers of Sumner Countj' 
and the oldest settler in the village of Oxford. He 
came to this region when the )jresent site of Ox- 
ford was marked simply by a sawmill, and here he 
has since maintained his residence, watching the 
growth and development of the country and prov- 
ing himself a worthy and useful citizen. 

When Mr. Donley came to this region, in the 
winter of 1871, he staked out a claim just west of 
the town of Oxford and also made a home at the 
mill which he had removed from Winfield. This 
latter was operated by steam, and the first structure 
of the kind in the county. Three years later J\Ir. 
Donley traded the mill for land. Later he and Mr. 
Chandler embarked in the furniture trade, and put 
up a substantial new building in the central part of 
town, bringing into the latter the first full stock of 
furniture, they operating under the firm name of 
Chandler & Donle}'. A year later, however, Mr. 
Donley disposed of his interest in the business, 
and in due course of time commenced dealing in 
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years, ile was also at one time engaged in a store 
of general mercliandise and groceries, in company 
with Mr. A. (iridiey, wiio liad the post-oftice in the 
store and who was tlie second post-master there. 

His real estate coui[)rises a farm of one hundred 
and sixl}' acres, wliich is conducted under his sup r- 
vision. Mr. Donley settled in Oxford Township 
l)rior to its organization or that of the sciiool dis- 
tricts. He has served as Township Trustee, and 
was a member of the town council two terms. He 
has supported the princi|)les of tlie Republican 
party since becoming a voter. 

A native of Cattaraugus Count}-. N. Y., Mr. 
Donle}- was born April 2, 1845, and lived there un- 
til a j'outh of eighteen years. In the meantime he 
pursued his studies at the schools of Little Valley 
and l'err\ ville. During the progress of the Civil 
War he, in 1863, joined a construction corps and 
assisted in building bridges, houses, platforms, 
store-rooms, etc.. in the meantime assisting to build 
the bridge at Bull Run and Bridgetown. Later he 
went to Richmond, Va., expecting to assist in build- 
ing the bridge across the James River, but the war 
ended before it was completed. 

We next find Mr. Donley in Salamanca, N. Y., 
where he purchased property and conducted a gro- 
cery store for eighteen months. Then coming to 
Junction City. Kan., during the time of the build- 
ing of tlie Union Pacific Railroad, he ag.ain com- 
menced working with a construction corps. The 
following spring he repaired to Omaha, Neb., so- 
journing there until 1864. That year he went to 
Texas, via Ft. Smith and Memphis, purchasing 
horses and cattle, and driving the latter to Abilene, 
Kan. Wicliita was then a hamlet of a few log 
iiouses. Subsequently Mr. Donley was in Labette 
Count}', this State, and afterward made an over- 
laud trip to Ft. Smith in order to recover the bag- 
gage he had left there. That same winter Mr. 
Donley purchased a s;iwmill at Chetopa, Kan., 
which he removed first to Winfield and then to 
U.xford. During these years, although making sev- 
eral changes, he prospered financially, and is now 
indepen lent. 

On the 2."tth of November, 1878, Mr. Donley 
was united in marriage with Miss Virginia I!. 
C'heuvront at tlie bride's home in Oxford Town- 



ship. Mrs. Donley was born in West V^irginia, 
June, 13, 18i')G, anil was the daughter of Morris 
Cheuvront, who, upon leaving the old Dominion, 
settled near Fairmount, 111., where his daughter, 
N'irginia, grew to womanhood. Later the family 
came to Kansas. Of this union there have been 
born four ( hihlren — Torrance E., Morris, June and 
a babe, Hermon. 

The father of our subject was Torrance R. Don- 
ley, Sr., who married Miss Margaret Cain. They 
spent the greater part of their lives in Cattaraugus 
Count}', N. Y., where their remains are laid to rest. 



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^ JOHN BOTKIX is one of the first settlers of 
Sumner County, and is the owner of several 
farms within its limits, which he rents while 

_ himself living in ^^■ellington, practically 
retired from active i)ursuits. He has had an ex- 
tended observation of life on the Plains and in the 
Rocky Mountain regions, and can tell many an in- 
teresting tale of experience in the Western wilds. 
He was born in Morgan Count}', Ohio, May 8, 
1842, and is of remote Scotch ancestry, although 
the family for a time resided in Ireland, and prob- 
ably one generation at least was born in the Emer- 
ald Isle. 

The first of the family to settb; in America was 
Robert Botkin, who was born in Ii-eland, and on 
coming to this country located in Lancaster County, 
Pa., where he operated a farm, and also ran a 
ferry-boat across the Susquehanna River at a point 
known as Crab's Ferry. He had a son who bore 
his own name, and who was but a boy when they 
came to America. Robert Botkin, Jr., w!is reared 
and married in Lancaster County, whence he went 
to Fayette County, and later to Orecne County. 
In the latter he rented land and farmed for many 
years, spending his latter days iu Morgan County, 
Ohio, with his children. His wife was Miss Sarah 
Homer, a native of Lancaster County, and adaugh- 
ler of Robert and Sarah (Cook) Horner. Her death 
took place in Greene County. Pa., where her son, 



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Amos IL, the father of our subject, was boni, Octo- 
ber 15, 1815. 

Amos H. Botkin was reared in the Keystone 
State, and when about of age went to Ohio, mak- 
ing his home in Belmont County for a time, and 
then removing to Morgan County, wliere ho was 
engaged in farming and wliere he continued to 
reside until 1850. He then removed to Lidiana, 
and locating in Clark County, fifteen miles from 
Charleston, lived in the Hoosier State two years. 
He next started for Iowa with a team, and after 
spending a few months in Christian Coinity, 111., 
continued on to the Hawkeyc State and became an 
early settler of Van Buren County. He bought a 
tract of land there, and another in Davis County, 
and resided upon llie former until 1878. when he 
came to this place, where he has since made his 
home. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah 
Ann Bony, and she was born in AVashington 
Comity, Pa. Her parents were Jacob and Sarah 
(Aull) Bony, who were natives of York County, 
Pa., whence the}' removed to Ohio in 1830, making 
their first settlement in the Buckeye State in 
Guernsey County, and later changing their resi- 
dence to Morgan Connly. The}' subsequently re- 
moved to Iowa, where iMr. Bony spent his last 
years. He was a shoemaker, and followed his trade 
all his life. 

John Botkin, whose name initiates this sketcii, 
was but four years old when his parents removed 
to Clarke County, Ind., and was in his seventh 
year when they settled in Iowa. There he attended 
the pioneer schools, and in the intervals assisted 
his father in improving the farm. He was still 
residing with his parents when ho determined to 
devote his energy to the Cnion cause, and in April, 
1863, though not yet of age, he enlisted in Com- 
pany G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry. He served ur.til 
afccr the close of the war, his duties carrying him 
into IMissouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Wyoming, Colo- 
rado, D,akota, Idaho, Utah and New Mexico, and 
including much hard riding, as all the marches 
from State to State and from Territory to Terri- 
tery were made on horseback. The various phases 
of cavalry campaigns became familiar to him, and 
he also acquired a considerable knowledge of the 
untro<lden wilderness, and unsettled plains and 



v.alleys of that little known region on the eastern" 
slope of the Rockies. 

After being discharged from the army in June. 
1866, Mr. Botkin returned to Davenport. Iowa, 
and thence to the paternal home, whei'e he re- 
mained eleven months, after which he crossed the 
plains to the Rock}' Mountains. At that time 
innumerable numbers of buffaloes traversed the 
plains, and ileer, antelope, elk and mountain sheep 
were plentiful. Mr. Botkin spent nearly three 
years in Wyoming Territory engaged in getting 
out timber to be used in the construction of the 
Union Pacific Railroad, and also in getting wood 
and hay for the (Tovernmcnt. Returning again to 
his home, he remained in Van Buren County a 
few months, and then started to cross the plains 
again, liut at Columbus. Neli., he met his brother 
Simon, and concluded to come to .Southern Kansas 
10 locate. 

Tlic brothers therefore l)0ught teams and drove 
across the country nearly four hundred miles, 
arriving in Wicliita in June. That nourishing 
eit}' was then a small village, ajid Indian tepees 
lined the banks of the Liuiio Arkansas River. 
Our subject took a claim on a school section, but 
remained in that vicinity but a few weeks, when 
he again pursued his investigations, and in Sep- 
tember settled in the southwestern quarter of sec- 
tion 27, in what is now Wellington Township, this 
county, and is included in the present city limits 
of Wellington. At that time there was not a 
house where the city now stands, and the land was 
owned b}' the Government. The general survey 
was not yet completed. There was no railroad 
nearer than Emporia, and Wichita was the nearest 
post-ofBce. Mr. Botkin built a log house covered 
with sod in lieu of shingles, and began to break the 
soil and improve the land. The following spring 
the village was platted a half-mile distant. Mr. 
Botkin contiucd farming and stock-raising until 
1887, when he took advantage of the boom here 
and sold his farm to a syndicate and built where 
he now resides. After selling his original farm he 
bought other tracts of land in different parts of 
the count}', and is deriving a comfortable income 
from their rental. 

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celebrated between Mr. Botkin and Miss Anna, 
daughter of Daniel and Anna E. Ellinuton. The 
bride was born in Chirk Jonnt}-, 111., and pos- 
sesses many womanly virtues. Their family com- 
prises four liviuo' children — Everett, Grace, Laura 
and Bessie. Harr3-, the fifth child, died at the ag t 
of twent3'-uine da3^s; John Q. died when nin ( 
months old. 

Mr. Botkin is interested in the social orders, and 
holds membership in the James Shields Post, No. 57, 
G. A. R., and in Wellington Lodge, No. loO, 
A. F. & A. M. He is an intelligent and reliable 
citizen, a man of good character, and has many 
friends in the communitv. 



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?«ii^ AVID STEPIIEN.S. In noting the lead- 
ing pionesrs of Sumner County, due men- 
tion should be made of Mr. Stephens, who 
established himself as a resident of South 
Haven Township, at a time when the nearest market 
was at Wichita, to which point he and his neigh- 
bors hauled all their produce overland with teams. 
For sevoial seasons there were to be seen only a 
few rude dwellings in the open country where 
wolves and antelopes were plentiful. He has since 
been a continuous resident of the township, and 
has evinced that warm interest in its growth and 
development which is only felt l\y intelligent mem- 
bers of the community. He is a Virginian by birth, 
and first opened his eyes to the light in Rocking- 
ham Countj', March 11, 1825. 

The early years of Mr. Stephens were sijcnt on a 
farm in his native State, and about 1831 his par- 
ents, Louis and Elizabeth (Alder) Stephens emi- 
grated to Madison County, Ohio. The father took 
up a tract of new land and prosecuted farming in 
the Buckeye State until 1849. That 3'ear he pushed 
on further westward into Knox County, 111., where 
he purchased a piece of raw prairie, froiT which hi' 
built up a valuable homestead, and there spent his 
last days, passing away in August, 1887, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-four 3ears. The mother sur- 



vived her husband one year, dying in August, 1888, 
at the age of eighty-three. They were the parents 
of ten children, seven of whom survive, and of 
whom David was the third in order of birth. 

The paternal granilfather of our subject, was 
Mark Stephens, a native of CJcrmaiiy, who emi- 
grated to America when a young man, paying liis 
passage by working at seven cents per day. When 
landing he located in Virginia, and in due time was 
there married to Miss Mary Wolf, a native of Ger- 
many. Thoy settled on a farm in the Old Domin- 
ion, and became well-to-do, rearing a fine family of 
children, and there closed their eyes to earthly 
scenes. 

On the maternal side (irandfather Michael Alder, 
was likewise a native of Germany, also crossed the 
Atlantic earl3' in life, settled in Virginia, and mar- 
ried Miss Barbara Moyers. Grandmother Alder 
was likewise a native of the Fatherland. To them 
was born a family of sons and daughters, and they 
spent their last days on the soil of the Old Domin- 
ion. They passed through man3' thrilling scenes, 
having located in a wild country where Indians 
were numerous. About that time Jonathan Alder, 
an uncle of Michael, was captured by the Indians 
when a bo3" of eight years, and lived with them un- 
til a man of thirt3' years. He died in Ohio. 

Mr. Stephens when a 30ung man went from Illi- 
nois to Virginia, and was there marriefl to Miss 
Arminda, daughter of Evan and Margaret (Bnrn- 
sides) HInton. Mrs. Stephens was born in ^'ir- 
ginia. Her parents were also natives of the Old 
Dominion, and her paternal grandfather, a stanch 
tory, who located there at an earl3' da3', also died 
there, together with her parents. Soon after their 
marriage, INIr. and Mrs. Stephens took up their 
abode on a farm in Knox County, III., where they 
sojourned until 1874, coming then to this count3'. 
Mr. Stephens pnrchaseil one hundred and sixt3' 
acres of land about two and one-half miles north 
of the present site of the city, and establ'slied him- 
self with his little family in a small box bouse, 
which constituted their domicile for several j'ears. 
From this land the father improved a good home- 
stead, and secured eighty acres adjoining. He 
placed one hundred an, I eighty acres under a good 
state of cultivation, planted an orchaid of apple 



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trees, also other fruit trees, and effected good Im- 
provemenls. He sold this farm in 1880, and lived 
tiicrcafter near South Haven until 188C, when he 
removed to South Haven. 

Eiglif. children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ste- 
phens, one of whom, Evan, died when quite young. 
The seven survivors are named respectively : P^zra, 
Evan, Ruhama, Charles, Wilson, Albert, and I^es- 
ter: Mrs. Stupiiens departed this life in Knox 
County, III., in 1870, in the faith of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, of which she had been a consist- 
ent member sevcrs.l years. 

In 1886 Mr. Stephens contracted a second mar- 
riage at South Haven, witii Mrs. Rachel (PolU) 
Swiney. Tliis lady was born in Hamilton County, 
Ohio, and when quite young removed with her par- 
ents to Madison County, Ind., where she was first 
married to Thomas Swiney. They settled in Knox 
County, HI., where Mr. Swiney died in 1884. Mrs. 
Stephens is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Mr. Stephens, politically, affiliates with 
the Democratic part3% and is a member of Pacific 
Lodge, No. 400, A. F. & A. M., at Knoxville, also 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the 
same place. 

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^ AMES H. OWENS. The agricultural inter- 
ests of Sumner County, are worthily repre- 
sented by Mr. Owens, who was one of the 
pioneer farmers of Oxford Townsliip, where, 
besides his home farm of two hundred and forty acres 
on section 10, he also owns two quarter-sections a 
little further West. He came to this region in ISTfi 
and selected a fine location west of Oxford Center, 
where he now has one of the most attractive horae-> 
ill the township. He commenced at first principles 
in the construction of his farm, which had been 
subjected to very little improvement when he as- 
sumed ownership. He put up a fine residence in 
1877, which still stands flanked by a substantial 
bvrn and all other necessary outbuildings, besides 
forest and fruit trees and shrubbery. He avails 
himself of first-cbiss mai;hinery iu the prosecution 



of his calling, including a costly windmill, and he 
has operated with such thoroughness and skill, that 
he has secured the reputation of being one of the 
most successful farmers in the county. His landed 
possessions altogether embrace six hundred and 
twenty four acres, forming as tine a body of land 
as can be found in the Sunflower State. He rents 
all but the home farm. 

For the p.ast seven years Mr. Owens has been 
quite extensively engaged in the breeding of thor- 
oughbred Short-horn cattle. Of these he has a 
very fine herd from which he sold in the fall of 
1889, forty-nine head at a good round sum. He is 
also a successful breeder of blooded horses. In 
bringing his farm to its present fine condition, he 
has expended much time, labor and mone}', but 
they have proved a wise investment. Mr. Owens 
is a liberal and public-spirited citizen, astanch sup- 
|)orter of the Democratic party, and a member in 
good standing of the Christian Church. He is a 
man of standing in his community, exercising no 
small influence among his fellow-citizens, by whom 
he is universally respected. 

Born in Posey County, Ind., December 4, 1836. 
Mr. Owens lived there until a youth of fifteen years. 
His parents were James H. and Sarah (Cox) Owens, 
natives of North Carolina, the former of whom re- 
moved to Indiana when a child of five years. The 
mother died at the birth of her son, James H. The 
father and son removed to DeWitt County, III., in 
1851, where the former carried on farming, and the 
latter acquired his education in the common school. 
When eighteen years old he began farming for 
himself, prosecuting this successfully until his mar- 
riage on the 4th of March, 1862, with Miss Jane 
Marquis. The young people began the journey of 
life together on a farm in Macon County, 111., 
where they sojourned until coming to Kansas. The 
elder Owens in the meantime died in 1864. While 
ill Illinois, James H. held the office of Township 
' uinmissioner until resigning, and since that time 
has carefully refrained from accepting the respon- 
sibilities of office, although he is acknowledged as 
a leading man of this township. 

Mrs. Jane Owens was born in Posey County, Ind., 
September 22, 1836, and is the daughter of Pleas- 
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County, Ind. Of her union with our subject there 
have been born five ehiklren, four of whom are 
living: Minnie is tlie wife uf A. A. Ricliards, of 
Wellington; Robert remains with his father; Fanny 
died wlien two years olil. The two younger are 
Kffle and Alfred. F^ffie is attending school at 
Wicliita. Mr. Owens believes in education, and 
has carried out his theory in regard to his own chil- 
dren. 



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^ I^ILLIAM IT. NOTTIXOHAM was reared 
\^/// to farm inirsuits, and among the young agri- 
WW culturists of the county has a higli rank as 
one who is thoroughly acquainted with the details 
of farm work, and wise in his adoption of methods 
for adding to the resources of the soil. He gives 
his entire attention to farming and the stock busi- 
ness, and the one hundred and sixty acres of im- 
proved land on section 3, Caldwell Township, 
which is Ids place of abode, presents an orderly' 
and attractive appearance to the passer^!)y. 

Mr. Notlingliam is a native of Vinton, Benton 
County, Iowa, was born July 29, 1856, and re- 
ceived an excellent common-school education in 
the schools of his native town. When fourteen 
years of age his parents became residents of Sum- 
ner County, Kan., and after assisting his father 
upon tlie home place until he had arrived at a 
suitable age to do so, be pre-empted some Govern- 
ment land, and began his individual life as a 
farmer. 

The parents of our subject are Morgan J. and 
Caroline (Underwood) Nottingham, early settlers 
of Sumner County, to which the3' came in 1871. 
Morgan Nottingham w.as born in Virginia, fifty, 
four years ago, and was five years of age when his 
parents removed to Ohio, In the year 1850 he 
took up liis residence in Benton County', Iowa, 
wlience he came to this State and county, pre- 
empting one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
Oxford Township. Althougii he learned the trade 
of a carpenter in his early life, he has followed 
farming the most of the time, and is still so occu- 



pied. He is numbered in the rsnks of the Repub- 
lican party, and in the social order of the Ancient, 
Free and Accepted Masons. He is Justice of the 
Peace and a wortiiy member of the Christian 
Church. His wife was born in Franklin County, 
Ind., and departed this life in Sumner County, 
Kan., in 1873, at the age of thirty-three years. 
She had borne seven children— William H., L. C. 
Ella M., Susie, Anna U., James W. and John. 

At the home of the bride, January 9, 1883, the 
the subject of this biography was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Lula King, an attractive and in- 
telligent young lady, whose birth occurred in Kos- 
ciusko County. Ind., January 14, 18G3. She is a 
daughter of Aaron and Lydia (Hoover) King, 
natives of Ohio. Both parents are now deceased. 
The union of Mr. anil Mrs. Nottingham has been 
blessed by the birth of three children — Bernerd F., 
Murl and Raynaud they have suffered the loss 
of the second born. Mr. Nottingham follows his 
father's example in being a stanch member of the 
Republican part)' and a consistent member of the 
Christian Church, lie belongs to the Farmers 
Alliance. 



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WILLIAM N. BLAMPIED is one of the 
pioneers of Sumner County, Kan., and re- 
sides on section 3, Belle Plaine Township, 
where he came in the summer of 1871. although 
for two previous years he had sojourned in the 
Sunflower State. He is a prominent citizen, both 
socially and politically, l)eing a supporter of the 
principles of the Republican party, and identified 
with any movement tending to improve the county. 
Having been born August G, 1850, Mr. Blampied 
is now in the prime of a useful life. Guernsey 
County, Ohio, was his native place, and his pater- 
nal ancestry is supposed to have been of French 
extraction. His father, Thomas Blampied enlisted 
in the Union army in 18G-2; he was taken prisoner 
in Monucacy, N'a., and died in the Lynchburg 
prison from hardshi|i and exposures. The mother. 



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Hannah (Helm) Blampied is now living in Belle 
Plaine, Kan. She vvas a native of the Old Domin- 
ion, and removed to Ohio at an early day in the 
history of our country, where she married Thomas 
Blampied, a native of the Buckeye State. Tlieir 
family comprised four cliildren, of whom three 
survive: Rachel, wife of Harry Halpin; Milton, 
William N.; our subject; Mary is deceased. 

Our subject remained in Ohio until he readied 
the nineteenth year of his nge, and in his youth 
worlved at harness-making for about two years. 
He also served two yenrs in the Ohio State Militia 
and did duty at Camp Chase, being subject to State 
call. He enlisted^ as a private in Company G, 
Forty-seventh Regiment. Ohio National Guards. 
After serving with them he returned to Guernsey 
County, and once more engaged in farming. He 
left tlie Buckeye State .about 1868. and went to 
Polk County. Mo., where he worked as a farm la- 
borer for a few years. He sojourned in Davis (now 
Gearj') County, Kan., and in other counties of the 
same State about two years, coming in the summer 
of 1871 to Sumner County. 

Not a furrow h.ad ever lieen turned on the one 
hundred and sixty-acre farm, which Mr. Blampied 
then commenced to improve, transforming it from 
a wild tract of raw land to a well-regulated estate. 
Some ftf tliis property has been sold, the farm now 
consisting of one hundred and twenty acres. ^Ir. 
Blampied was married in Ohio May 22. 1873, to 
Miss Sarah J. Rose, wh:i was born in Harrison 
County, Mo.. August 16, 18.55. Her father, Timothy 
Rdse, was a native of Ohio, and her mother, (Cath- 
erine (CVstor) Rose, a native of Pennsylvania. 
Mrs. Blampied accompanied her mother to Ohio 
when eleven years of age, her father liaving been 
killed during the Civil War in Missouri by Quan- 
trell's gang, and it is said that Qnantrell himself 
committed the murder. In company with eli ven 
men he was returning home on a furlough, wlien .all 
except one, fell victims to the enemy's unerrin" 
fire. Mrs. Blampied has two brothers, Benjamin 
and Timothy, both residents of Ohio. After the 
death of her husband, IMrs. Rose was again married 
to William Vansickel, by whom she had five chil- 
dren, namely: Ida B.. wife of Willard Little, of 
Ohio; AVilliam M., of Ohio; Kddie, who is de- 



ceased; Joseph and Harry, who live in Ohio. Mrs. 
Vansickel died in Ohio in December, 1886. 

When Mrs. Blampied was a girl, she removed 
with her mother and other members of the family 
to Guernsey County, Ohio, where she remained 
until her marriage. To her and her husband have 
been born eight children, namely : Ida A., Elmer 
C, Lillian, Charles, Jesse, Willis H., (deceased) 
and Ora V., (deceased), and an infant daughter 
unnamed. The children are receiving good educa- 
tions in the district schools, and are being carefully 
trained for future positions of responsibility. Mrs. 
Blampied is a member of the I'nited Brethren 
Church and with her husband occupies a prominent 
position in society. The\- have endured hardships 
of frontier life, and have been interested witnesses 
of the development of the country from a wild 
state to a land of plenty, where vs ell-cultivated 
farms are the rule and not the exception. 



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lli_^ ENRY H. JACOBS. The subject of this 
ill notice, the present Postmaster of Perth, 
^^^ first struck the soil of Kans.as March 20, 
^0 1886, coming directlj^ to this county and 
locating on the northeast quarter of section 14, 
Downs Township, where he has since successful!}' 
prosecuted farming pursuits. He was born March 
9, 1837, and is a native of York County, Pa. His 
father, George Jacobs, was also born in that county, 
in 1804, and died tliere in his prime, aged forty- 
five years, five months and seventeen dajs. He 
was a farmer by occupation, and a member in good 
standing of the Lutheran Church. The Jacobs 
family was of (ierman extraction and noted princi- 
pally for their substantial and reliable traits of 
char.acter and the industr}- which has made of them 
well-to-do citizens, who have always been useful 
members of their community. 

Mrs. Elizabeth (Cromer) Jacobs, the mother of 
our suliject. was born in Pennsylvania in 1807. and 
is still living, making her home with her daughter 
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cliililren, viz.: Susannah, .Maiy, Henry H., George 
W., Amelia S., Elizabetli A., and Jolin i}. Elizaljetli 
died at the age of four years, four montlis and 
twelve days; John died when a little lad of five 
years; Henry H., the third child of the faniil}', 
spent his boyhood and youth after the manner of 
most farmers' sons, attending the district school 
and assisting his father on the farm. He remained 
a resident of his native county until coming to this 
State. His homestead lies adjacent to the town 
limits of Perth, and he was appointed to the offlcc 
of Postmaster in 1889. He is also connected with 
the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Comijan}- of Sum- 
ner County. In politics, he is decidedly Repub- 
lican. 

In November, 18G2, during the progress of the 
Civil War, Mr. Jacobs enlisted as a Union soldier 
in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fifth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, serving until July of the 
following year. He is a prominent man in church 
matters, and assisted in the organization of the 
Lutheran Church at Perth. He was married in 
his native county, February 2, 1860, to Miss 
Elmira F. Heagey. Mrs. Jacobs was born in 
Adams Count}', Pa., Maich 8, lt<ll, and is the 
daughter of Henry and Rachel (Schriver) Heagey. 
who were likewise natives of that State, and spent 
their last days in Penns_ylvania. Six children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, whom 
the}' named respectivelj' : Luther H., Elmer E., 
Annie E., Emer}' G., Allen G. and Melvin H. 
Luther died at the age of nine months and twelve 
d.ays, and Elmer was taken from the home circle, 
aged one year and thirteen days. The other chil- 
dien are with their parents. 



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by those who know him as a man of ability in his 
chosen field of labor and of strict integrity in all 
transactions. 

Dr. Freeman was born in Metcalf County, Ky., 
in 1859, and is a son of Albert L. Freeman, who 
was born in the same county about thirty years 
prior to his son's birth. The father was married in 
that county to Miss Juliette S. Morrison and car- 
ried on his occupation of tilling the soil there until 
1885 when he removed to this county. Here the 
parents and their thi-ee children now live, two sons, 
E. P. and W. L., being engaged in farming. The 
entire family are members of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church in Wellington. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
received an excellent education, acquiring the 
fundamental branches in his native State and com- 
pleting the literary course in Cumberland Univer- 
sity at Lebanon, Tenn. He then read medicine 
under Dr. J. W. Good, of Hisevillc, Ky., taking 
his lectures in the Medical Department of the 
Louisville University and being graduated there- 
from in the class of 18.S,5. Tliinking the West .af- 
forded a better field for a young physician than 
localities in the East where there were so many old 
established practitioners, he came to Kansas and 
opened an office in Rome, this county, where he 
sojourned luit nine months ere coming to this 
pl.ace, with the result already noted. 



B. FREEMAN is a prominent and rising 

J young phj'sician of Wellington, where he 

I IM has been engaged in the practice of his 
^ profession for about four years. He has 

built up an excellent and growing [iraclice among 
the better cl.ass of citizens, and is highly spoken of 



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■^ij OHN W. PARKS, a successful general f.ar- 
mer of Sumner County, came to this legion 
from the Blue Grass State within which he 
was born, on the 27th of October, 1854, in 
Logan County. He was reared there on his father's 
farm, the father being Leander A. Parks who is 
rei)resented elsewhere in this work. When a young 
man of twenty-three years John AV.eame to Kansas 
and took up a cLaim of one hundred and sixty acres 
on section 32. Two montlis later, however, he re- 
turned to Kentucky, but came liack to Knnsns the 
following spring and [lurchiiscd one hundred and 



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sixty acres of land, which is now the propei'ty of 
liis hi'otlier R. N. After fencing his fields and 
effscting othei' improvements, Mr. Parks traded ' 
this property to his brother for that which he now 
owns and operates. 

Oavina; now cst.iblished himself on a firm basis 
and secured the wherewithal to keep a familj', Mr. 
I'arks was married, April 5, 1 8iH8, to Miss IJarah 
Rinehari. This lady is the daughter of George Rine- 
1 art, a native of Carroll Count3', Ohio, and who is 
now a resident of this county. When Mr. Parks first 
came to tliis section his nearest grain market was 
at Wichita. Wild animals were plentiful and buf- 
falo could be found within a da3''s drive west. In 
the fall of 1873 Mr. Parks set out wiih a party of 
four men on a buffalo hunt, and dnring their ab- 
sence of two weeks killed twenty-two of the mon- 
archs of the plain. 

Mr. Parks, in addition to Ijcing a good farmer, 
has become a popular citizen. He was elected 
Township Treasurer in the fall of 1889, an office 
of which he is still an incumbent. He belongs to 
the Farmers' Alliance, and with his estimaljle wife 
is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian 
Church. 






^^S^HARLES WICUERN, the oldest settler of 
[if^l this county, who is now a resident of 
■^^7 Wellington, was born near Hamburg, 
Germany, October 28, 1839. His grandfather 
John Henry Wichern, was a native of Hamburg, 
and spent his entire life in his native land. He was 
a well educated man and an accomplished linguist 
and acted as translator in the courts. His son, 
John II. Wichern, D. D., was also born in Ham- 
burg and attended the scliools very steadily in his 
youth, afterward studying theology and then en- 
gaging in home missionary- work independently of 
any church or society. He held various official posi- 
tions under the Prussian Government. He was for 
a time an officer of the Department of the Interior, 



the whole prison department being under his su- 
pervision. He was a member of the Evangelical 
Church and was the founder of several benevolent 
and educational institutions. Like his father he 
spent his entire life in iiis native land, where his 
death took ]jlace in 1881. He was the father of 
nine children — Caroline, Elizabeth, Charles, So- 
phia, Henry, Amanda, John, Mary, and Louis. All 
were reared to maturity except Mary, who died 
young. 

The subject of this sketch w.as the eldest son, 
and the only member of the family who ever 
came to America. He attended the Hamburg 
schools very steadily until he was sixteen years of 
age, and then went to Prussia and advanced his edu- 
cation 1)3' attendance at an academy and univer- 
sit3'. At the age of twenty-one he entered the 
Prussian arm3' and after being in active service a 
3'ear, was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served 
in the Reserve Corps until 1869. During this 
time he acquired the reputation of an energetic and 
active young man, a credit to himself and his 
worthy parentage. He then came to America, 
and after sojourning for a time in Virginia, in 
1870 started to go to California but stoi)ped at Sa- 
lina, Kan., and concluded to investigate the terri- 
tor3- of .Southern Kansas. There being no railroads, 
he pui-chased a pony and started for the head 
waters of the Little Arkansas River, and on arrival 
there found Indians and buffalo in abundance and 
no white settlers. 

Having heard of the new town of Wichita, which 
had just been laid out, he concluded to make his 
way there and on his arrival found a few buildings 
in process of erection. The surrounding countr3' 
was owned by the Government and was very 
sparsely settled. He stopped with a man named 
Weikert and from his home started out to find a 
suitable place to establish a ranch for cattle-raising. 
He wished to find a tract including both prairie and 
timber land close to water, and finall3' selected the 
northwestern part of section 3, township 30 south, 
range 1 west, now known as Sumner Count\\ The 
land had not 3'et been surveyed but he built a house 
of Cottonwood logs and went to Emporia, one hun- 
dred and twenty-five miles distant, which was the 
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wiih wliitli to finish liis cabin. When tlie (iovern- 
nient survey was made lie was obliged to move his 
house a short distance. 

Immediatelj' after locating, Mr. Wichern en- 
gaged in the stock business but in the winter of 
1871-72 his herds all died and he tiien i.udertook 
general farming, in which he has been highly pros- 
pered, lie ha.s added to his landed estate, and at 
the present time owns three hundred and twenty 
acres, three hundred of which is under cultivation. 
He continued to reside upon his farm until 1884, 
when he rented the estate and came to Wellington, 
where he has since lived and where he is deservedly 
popular and respected. In politics Mr. Wich.ern is 
independent, voting for the candidate whom he 
thinks best fitted for ottice. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcoi)aI Church. He not only posses- 
ses an excellent education, but keeps himself well 
posted regarding general topics and current events, 
and manifests an intelligent interest in public en- 
terprises, doing his share in bringing up the status 
of the county in good citizenship, morality and in- 
telligence. 



■^1 LONZO M. REKCE, is one of liie promi- 
(@Y4![i nenl farmers in this county, owning a finely 
Is improved farm of eighty acres, on which 
'^'^ he built foi- himself one of the finest dwell- 

ings in this part of the country, and wliere he lias 
the largest orchard in the vicinity coming into 
fruitage. He is engaged in general farming and 
stock-raising and keeps good grades of stock. 

William .1. Reece, the father of our subject, was 
born in Clark County, Ohio, July 5, 1831, and 
about seven years later made his advent into Lo- 
gan County, 111., with his father, Samson Reece, who 
was a member of the first colony that came to that 
county. There he grew to maturity and on the 
23d of December, 1853, was united in marriage 
with Miss Hannah Hull, was born in Madison 
County, Ohio, in 1836. Marr^'ing young and 
starting in life with but one horse and §100, the 
father of our subject accumulated a fine propert}'. 



and became one of the most respected men in this 
county, in which he held various township and 
count} offices. He w.as a member of the Cumber- 
land Presbyterian Church, in the faith of whicii he 
died in 1882. His widow is still living on the 
old farm. The parental family comprised four 
children — our subject, Oswald T., Maria C. (now 
deceased), and William .1. 

The subject of this sketch was born on the pa- 
ternal acres in Logan County, III., October 10, 
1854, and received a good education in his county, 
in whicli he lived until 1876. At that date he 
came to this JState and county and first rented a 
farm at Oxford upon which he lived two years. He 
then went to Harper County and took up a claim 
near Harper Cil.y upon which ho proved up, and 
he then spent a year "'on the range" and in March, 
1883, returning to ihis county, bought the farm 
upon which he is now living and made the improve- 
ments upon it. Mr. Reece is one of the represent- 
ative men of the township and is highly respected 
by all who know him. He has been Trustee of the 
township two terms and proves an efficient and 
satisfactory public officer. 

In Logan County, 111., December 24, 1874, the 
rites of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. 
Reece and Miss Lucy E., daughter of J. R. John- 
son, whose history is found elsewhere in this work. 
Mrs. Reece was born in I'leasureville, Henry Count}', 
Ky., March 7, 1855, and is an educated and cul- 
tured lady. To herself and husband five children 
have been born. Carrie died at the age of two 
years. The survivors are Floyd, Gertie, Cora and 
Bessie. 



|i I^.ILLIAM H. FITZ IIUCHI, M. I). The 



\jjJt gentleman with whose name we introduce 
B' \y this biographical record, and whose home- 
stead is familiarly known as "The Hive," has the 
honor of being the largest land-owner and stock- 
raiser in township Seventj'-Six. He possesses the 
warrentee deed to eight hundred .acres, having his 
home on section 27, where he has ereclcil sulistan- 



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tial huildings ninl sits under his own vine and fig 
tree, comparatively independent. He developed 
the greater part of this farm from land lying i" its 
primitive condition and has been more than ordin- 
arily successful in his labors as a tiller of the soil 
and his investment of capital. 

In notiDg the career, especially of a successful 
man.it is natural to revert to his antecedents. The 
father of our subject was William H. Fitz Hugh, a 
native of Washington County, Md., and born Oc- 
tober 17, 1794. He was of English descent and 
followed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. In 
early manhood he was married to Miss 31 aria A. 
Hughes, a maiden of his own county and who was 
born Apiil 1, 1801. After marriage they settled 
in Hagerstown, where they reared a family of nine 
children and si)ent their entire lives. Of the sons 
and daughters born to them four are living. 

])r. Fitz Hugh was born in Hagerstown, Md., 
.lanuary 30, 182C. He was reared to manhood on 
his father's farm and attended the common school 
there until a lad of eleven years. Afterward he 
received instruction from private tutors at home. 
When sutiiciently advanced in his studies, he be- 
came a student of the Pennsylvania College at 
Gettysburg, where he attended three years. Then 
he pursued his studies further in the academ3' at 
Hagerstown until a youth of eighteen j-ears. 

The stud}' of medicine was entered upon by 
young Fitz Hugh at Hagerstown, Md., under the 
tutorship of Drs. Dorsey & Son, in whose office he 
remained about three years. Later he attended 
lectures at Uie I'niversitj- of Maryland. In the 
meantime, however, he enlisted as a soldier in the 
United States arm}- and served in the Mexican War 
about eighteen montlis. He participated in the 
battles of Contreras, Churubusco and Molina Del 
Rey, and was jnesent at the storming of Chapulte- 
pec. In the last engagement he was wounded in 
the head but soon recovered. Upon leaving the 
army he returned to Maryland and attended another 
course of lectures at the I'niversity, receiving his 
diploma. 

Entering upon the practice of his profession at 
Martinsburg, Ya., J.^r. Fitz Hugh resided there nine 
months when on account of the death of his father 
he returned home and resumed charge of the 



farm. Upon withdrawing from this he dropped 
his professional duties for a time and engaged as a 
clerk in the store of his uncle in I'ennsylvania for 
one year. The next four years were spent on the 
old farm, which he operated as a renter. On the 
27th of November. 1850, he was united in marriage 
with Miss Amelia .1. Alves at the bride's home near 
Henderson, Ky. The newly wedded pair took up 
their abode in Hagerstown where they lived until 
April. 1857, then removed to Logan County, 111., 
where Dr. Fitz Hugh again turne<l his attention to 
farming and where, with the exception of two years 
spent in Penns3lvania in the employ of his uncle, 
he sojourned until April, 1877. 

In April of the year above mentioned Dr. Fitz 
Hugh came to Kansas and secured eight hundred 
acres of land on section 27, in Seventy-Six Town- 
ship, of which he has since been a resident. He 
named this estate the "hive" after the old farm in 
Maryland. He commenced his live-stock opera- 
tions upon a large scale, and he deals in cattle, 
sheep and swine. He has all the facilities for the 
successful prosecution of this industry, while his 
good judgment and ample store of information 
upon all subjects connected with agriculture can 
scarcely do otherwise than insure success. 

To the Doctor and his estimable lady there have 
been born two children only. William II.. Jr., who 
married Miss Emmie Alves, and Alves, who is a resi- 
dent of Wellington. The Doctor has always taken 
a warm interest in politics and gives his support to 
the Democratic party. While a resident of Illinois 
he officiated as Collector of the township for sev- 
eral years. The Doctor and his wife are regular 
attendants and liberal supporters of the Episcojial 
Church. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Fitz Hugh, 
also named AVilliam, served as a soldier in the Rev- 
olutionary War, and for a time was Aid-de-canip 
to Gen. Washington. His great-grandfather won 
distinction as an officer in the British arm}'. Will- 
iam H. Fitz Hugh, Sr., father of our subject, suf- 
fered the affiiction of blindness several j-ears prior 
to his death. 

Mrs. Fitz Hugh was born near Henderson, Ky., 
October 7, 1833, and is the daughter of l)v. Will- 
am J. and Augusta (Hughes) Alves. Her father 
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nia." Dr. Fitz Uus,h enlisted as a private in the 
Mexican War and on account of excellent service 
rendered was promoted, first to be Sergeant and 
then Second Lieutenant, with which rank he was 
mustered out. 



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\YiOIlX R. SPAER, one of the most highly-re- 
spected joung farmers of Illinois Town- 
ship, operates one hundred and sixt}' acres 
I of land on section 12. and bj' his straight- 
forward methods in his business affairs, gives 
promise of occujiying in the near future a leading 
position in his community. He was born in Blair 
County, Pa., June 14, 1865, and is the son of .John 
Sparr, a native of Center County, that State. The 
latter when two weeks old was taken by his father 
to the vicinity of AVilliamsburg, Pa., where he was 
reared hj- his grandparents. Christian and Marj- 
Sparr, his mother, IMrs. Sarah (Foutz) Sparr having 
died in April, 1820, two weeks after the birth of 
her son. John Sparr, Sr., upon reaching man's es- 
tate, was married in Huntingdon County, Pa., to 
Miss Susan J. Shultz, who was a native of that 
county. They settled upon the old Sparr home- 
stead and John Sparr, Jr.. departed this life May 
13, IBGo. His remains were laid to rest in the old 
family cemetery. The paternal great-parents of 
our subject was early settlers of the Kej'stone 
State and are supposed to have been of German 
birth, or at least of German ancestrj', and the fam- 
ily were almost without exception members of the 
Lutheran Church, in the faith of which John Sparr, 
Sr , likewise passed awa}'. 

On the maternal side the grandparents of our 
subject were John and Mary (lieaver) Shultz, na- 
tives of Huntingdon County, Pa., wherein they 
spent their entire lives, dying on the old farm 
where they reared their famil3-. The3' also were 
members of the Lutheran Church. An early pro- 
genitor was Henrj- Shultz, also a native of Hun- 
tingdon County, and who married Miss Sarah 
Solma. (if that counly. They belonged to the Ger- 



man Baptist Church. Anthony Beaver, the pater- 
nal great-grandfather of our subject, married Miss 
Susan Clapper, both of whom it is supposed were 
natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. 

In the fall of 1873 the mother of our subject 
came to this county with her five children and pre- 
empted one hundred and sixt}' acres of land in 
London Township. They commenced farming in a 
primitive stjle, marketing their produce at Wich- 
ita and Wellington. Their first dwelling was a 
structure 10x12 feet in dimensions, built of Cot- 
tonwood boards. But few houses were in sight, 
the country being open and the land mostly the 
propertj- of the Government. Mrs. Sparr kept the 
post-office in her own house one year. In Januar}% 
1875 the sons put up a more substantial dwelling 
which the famil}- occupied until 1878. Buffalos 
roamed the country a short distance west, while 
antelopes and wolves were numerous. There were 
no churches and religious services were held in 
schoolhouses and private dwellings. Both John 
Sparr and his wife were members of the Lutheran 
Church in the faith of which the father died about 
1865. 

John Sparr, father of our subject, was married 
twice; his first wife was Sarah Hall, and a native of 
Pennsylvania. She died in that State leaving two 
children, named — Lucj' J., now deceased, and 
William M., living now in Iowa. 



.^ APT. JOSEPH A. CORBETT. Who is 
if there in Chikaskia Township unacquainted 

^^f' with or, at least, unfamiliar with the name 
of Capt. '^Jorbett, who is one of its most stirring 
citizens and the hero of a history- of more than or- 
dinary interest. He has been for man}- 3-ears suc- 
cessfully engaged in farming and is the owner of 
four hundred acres of choice land, well improved 
and finel}' situated on section 9. There are few 
enterprises of anj' importance and none affecting 
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which he lias not given liis hearty assent. An act- 
ive member of the Republican party, he takes a 
lively interest in politics, remaining loyal to the 
old flag since the lime when, in the State of Ken- 
tucky, bis rebel neighbors twice put the rope 
around his neck, threatening to hang bim on ac- 
count of his adherence to the Union. He has served 
as Justice of the Peace in Chikaskia Township, 
has olKciated as a member of the school board in 
bis district, is President of Dobbs Farmers' Alli- 
ance, and at Milan belongs to the A. H. T. A., is 
Secretary of the Masonic Lodge and Post Comman- 
der of John Goldy Lodge, No. 90, G. A. R. In 
his farming operations be raises the crops common 
to tliis region and is somewhat interested in live 
stock. 

The fourth in a family of five cliildren, the sub- 
ject of this notice was born October 20, 1838, in 
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., and is the son of 
Joseph and Agnes L. (Bigus) Corbett, who were 
natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Virginia. 
The father emigrated to Tennessee when a young 
man, where lie was married and employed himself 
as a carpenter. He left Tennessee' with his family 
in 1854, removing to Kentucky, and thence, in 
1857, crossing the Mississppi into St. Charles 
County, Mo. The motlier died there that j-ear, 
the father lived until 1865, spending the closing 
years of his life in Kentucky. There are living of 
the parental family only two children, the one l)e- 
sidcs Joseph A. being D. W., a resident of Ken- 
tucky. One son, AVilliam D.. was a very promi- 
nent physician and died in Hickman, Ky., in 1878, 
from tlie effects of yellow fever. On account of the 
services wbichhe had rendered during that terrible 
e|)idemic. Gov. Blackburn recommended the appro- 
priation of funds by the Legislature for the erec- 
tion of a monument over tlie grave of bim who had 
so faithfully performed bis duties amid disease and 
death. 

Leaving home when a youth of sixteen years, 
young Corbett commenced the battle of life wholly 
dependent upon his own resources, having no capi- 
tal and few friends or advisers. He was a cour- 
ageous and adventurous lail and soon, in 1857, be 
joined an expedition to chastise the Mormons, the 
enterprise being under the command of Gen. Albert 



Sidney Johnston. This occupied seven months. 
Afterward Mr. Corbett lived in Missouri one year, 
then returning to Kentucky located in Butler 
Count}' and engaged in farming two years and un- 
til after the outbreak of the Civil War. On January 
1, 1862, he enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
B, Twent}' sixth Kentuckj' Infantry, which was 
attached to the Arm}' of the Cumberland in Gen. 
Buell's division. Prior to this, however, he had been 
in the smoke and beat of battle, eight miles west of 
Russellville.Ky., where there were about three thous- 
and rebel cavalry as the outposts of (ien. Buckner's 
army at Bowling Green. Capt. Netter of Company 
B, Twenty -sixth Kentucky Infantr}', took sixteen 
men, including Mr. Corbett, who had volunteered to 
accompany him, and procuring turpentine carried 
it in canteens to a bridge across the Whip-poor-will 
River, which was guarded by sixteen rebels, with 
whom they bad a desperate fight but cirried the 
day, firing the bridge and thus cutting off commu- 
nication. They left their wounded in care of a 
Union man who lived in the vicinity and escaped 
from a whole battalion of rebels who pursued tliein 
for forty miles. 

After entering the regular service our hero took 
part in some of the principal battles of the war, 
viz; Shiioh, Perryville, Kingston, Ft. Fisher and 
Wilmington. After the fight at Perr\villp, the 
regiment was transferred to the Eastern Army 
under the command of Gen. Scofleld. In the 
meantime ^Nlr. Corbett bad been promoted to be 
Sergeant and in 1864, at the end of his term of en- 
listment, be veteianized. He frequently executed 
important commissions, and at one time with a 
squad of four men under his command was left to 
guard an immense quantity of stores left on the 
bank of the Cumberland River at llarpetb Shoals. 
He succeeded in saving the stores in the face of the 
arm}- of Gen. Wheeler, five thousand strong, lieiiig 
assisted by Capt. Allen of the gunboat -St. Clair" 
and bis marines. 

In December, 1864, Sergt. Corbett was commis- 
sioned as First Lieutenant by President Lincoln, 
being attached to the One-hundred Twenty-fifth 
United States Infantr3'as Regimental (Quartermaster. 
He remained in the service after the close of the war, 
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commission and made the acting assistant (Quarter- 
master at Ft. Cumniings, New Mexico, where be 
sojourned three and une-iialf years. Tlien on ac- 
count of failing heallli he was obliged to send in 
his resignation. 

Returning now to Kentucky, Capt. Corbett fol- 
lowed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture until 
1883. That year he left the Blue Grass regions, 
and coming to Kansas took up his abode in Well- 
ington, and was there engaged as a dealer in real 
estate two 3'ears. His next removal was to his 
present farm. He took unto himself a wife and 
helpmate in the person of Mrs. Mary J. Johnson, 
the wedding being celebrated at the bride's home 
in Kentucky, ^lay 20, 1882. Mrs. Corbett was 
born June 25, 1854, in Smith County, Tenn., and 
is the daughter of John and Amanda (Walker) 
Kittle, who were natives of that State, and there 
spent tiieir entire lives, the father dying in 1857 
and the mother in 1876. Their family consisted 
of iive children, of whom Mrs. Corbett was the 
third, and only one living. The Captain and his 
excellent lady are the parents of one child only, a 
daughter. Sierra Florida, who was born February 
11,1 883. Mrs. Corbett is connected with the Mis- 
sionary Baptist Church at Milan. In his younger 
years the Captain also belonged to the Baptist 
Church. 



AMES Q. BROWN, who has been a resident 
of this count}- since 1875, is well worthy of 
representation in a volume of this nature, 
his good citizenship, his fine moral char- 
acter, and his intelligence and practical ability in 
agriculture, alike entitling him to respect. His pa- 
ternal ancestry is of Scotch and P^nglish blood, and 
the long line of honored lineage have transmitted 
from generation to generation, sturdy qualities of 
manhood, and a record for industry and honor 
which are the best inheritance ;( man can have. 

Going back to the fifth generation prior to our 
subject, we find James Brown, who was born in 
1686, and died in 1770. The next in the line is 



another James, born in Dorchester County, Md., 
in 1710, who m.-irried Priscilla, daughter of Judge 
Thomas White, and who died in 17'J4. Following 
him comes his son, White Brown, who was born 
in the same county as himself, the date of his birth 
being March 23, 1749. After reaching years of 
maturity, White Brown engaged in tilling the soil in 
Delaware, and was a resident of that same State until 
1801, when he emigrated to the Northwest Terri- 
tory, and settled in what is now Ross County, 
Ohio. He was one of the first settlers in that al- 
most untrodden wilderness, where bear, deer, wild 
cats, coons, beavers, and wild turkeys were numer- 
ous for manj^ j'ears, and where many privations 
and hardships and frequent dangers beset the path- 
way of the frontiersman. He settled on military 
land, buying a large tract for twelve and a half 
cents per acre, which is still owned by his descen- 
dants. His land was heavilj' timbered, with an ex- 
cellent water-power on it, and after damming the 
stream, he put up one of the first mills ever built 
in that section. lie cleared his farm and operated 
it and the mill, continuing to reside there until he 
had reached the advanced age of ninety- three years 
when he departed this life. His wife bore the 
maiden name of Anna Withgott, and she, like her 
husband, earned the respect of their contemporaries 
for her cheerful and arduous labors in the develop- 
ment of a new country, and in the proper rearing 
of her family. 

The father of our subject was christened Nelson 
and w.as born in Newcastle County, Del., he beinc 
twelve years old when his parents went to the North- 
west Territory. He learnetl the trade of cloth manu- 
facturing, and built a woolen factory on Deer 
Creek, the same stream his father's mill was on, and 
after operating the factory some years, abandoned 
it and devoted his attention entirely to farmino-. 
He was a large land owner, holding thirteen hun- 
dred acres in Ross and Pickaway Counties, and on 
his farm he resided until his death in 1862. He 
was an old-line Whig, and upon the disintegration 
of that party, became a Republican. His wife was 
Miss Anna Maria, daughter of John and Sarah 
Hughes, who was born in Maryland, add who de- 
parted this life in Chilbeothe, Ohio. She was a 
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The parental family comprised twelve children, and 
nine reached matui-ity. These are: Ellen, Sarah, 
White, James, Eliza, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Allen F., 
and Alice. 

James Q. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was 
born in Ross County, Ohio, November 13, 1828, 
and was reared and educated there, beginning to 
assist his father in the woolen factory as soon as he 
was large enough, and later hearing his share in the 
farm labor. He remained with his parents until 
twenty years old, and then farmed in connection 
with his father for a time, and in 18 49 went to Illi- 
nois on horseback. He located in Pike County, 
and with his brother bonglit an improved farm, 
upon which he lived seven years. He tiien changed 
his location to Macon County, and bought a four 
hundred-acre farm seven miles from Decatur, mak- 
ing that his homo until 18C4, when he sold it and 
moved into the town. 

While a resident of Decatur, Mr. Brown dealt in 
land and lumber, continuing to abide there until 
1H73, after which he spent two years in Cameron, 
Mo., whence he came to this county. He purchased 
one hundred and sixty acres in Wellington Town- 
ship, where he still lives, and where he has erected 
buildings suited to the various needs of agricultural 
life, lias fenced and otherwise improved the place, 
which, when he took possession, had no improve- 
ments but twenty acres of broken sod, and made of 
it a highly productive and attractive estate. In ad- 
dition to this Mr. Brown has one hundred and sixty 
acres in Sumner Township. At the date of his ar- 
rival here, Wellington was a village of about two 
hundred and fifty inhabitants, and a few miles 
west deer and buffalo were still plentiful, while 
Wichita, thirty miles distant, was the nearest rail- 
road station. 

The marriage of Mr. Brown took place in Pike 
Count}-, 111., in 1856, his bride being a native of 
that count}'. She bore the name of Sarah F. Che- 
noweth, and a daughter of Samuel and Rachael 
Chenoweth, whose sketch occupies another place in 
this volume. The happy union has been blessed 
by the birth of two children : Seymour N. married 
Sarah G. Gatliff, and lives in Wellington; Cleo re- 
sides in Kingman. 

3Ir. and Mrs. Brown have been members of the 



Methodist Church for many years. He is a Repub- 
lican, and never fails to cast his vote in the inter- 
est of good government, manifesting an intelligent 
interest in everything which pertains to the good of 
thecommunit}'. I'ossessing well-informed minds and 
pleasant manners. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are deserv- 
edly' popular among their neighbors and associates. 
The wife of Seymour N., died January 21, 1889, 
in Wellington, leuving one child, named Charley 
C. aged nine years, who makes his home with his 
grandparents, our subject ami wife. 






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lfi!_^ENRY BOWERS, a retired farmer now liv- 
l/jji ing in Wellington, is of German ancestry, 
Ji^' and two generations of his progenitors were 
l^) natives of the Kc3'stone State, where the 
line was planted in Colonial times. There Daniel 
Bowers first opened his eyes to the light, and so 
also did his son, John, who was born in 1803. 
About six years after the birth of the latter, the 
family removed to Ohio, and among the pioneers of 
Stark County, Daniel Bowers carried on his em- 
ployments of farming and butchering. The later 
years of his life were passed in Allen County, and 
he died at a ripe age. 

John Bowers grew to manhood in Stark County, 
and there married Miss Elizabeth Bysel, who was 
born near Harrisburg, Pa., and while quite 3'oung, 
was brought by her father to Ohio. Mr. Bowers 
took up a tract of timber land, and cleared and re- 
sided upon it until 183.5, when he undertook the 
labors of a frontiersman in Hancock County, by 
opening up a tract of timber land about six miles 
from the present site of Findlay. At that time a 
few log houses constituted that village, and he 
built a dwelling of the same kind on his farm. 
Timber was so abundant in the region, that it was 
practically valueless, and large black walnut logs 
were rolled together and burned, to get rid of 
them. Deer, bears, wild turkeys, coons and wolves 
were numerous, and the nearest market was San- 
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raiii'oaris were unknown in that region. Tlie set- 
tlers were practieally home livers, and Mrs. Bow- 
ers cooked by a fire-place, carded, spun and wove 
flax and wool, and clothed her family in cloth made 
by her own hands. After some years a railroad 
was extended to Findlay, wooden rails with a strip 
oi iron nailed on the top, forming' the track. 

Mr. John Bowers cleared a small tract of the land 
which he had obtained, and after sojourning upon 
it about three years, sold the property and bought 
another piece of timber land twelve miles west of 
Findlay. There he cleared a good farm, upon 
which he resided until his death, which took place 
July G, 1887. Ills wife p.assed away on the home 
farm in 1876. Their f,amily comprised seven sons 
and three daughters, and the subject of this bio- 
gra[)hy was the first born : Jonathan is now living in 
Hancock County, Ohio; Andrew J. lives in this city ; 
Philip B., in Seattle, Wash.; Daniel on the home- 
stead in Hanco(,'k County, Ohio; Wesley at Geuda 
Springs, this county; John served in an Ohio Regi- 
ment, and was killed at the battle of Chickamauga; 
Lydia married John Haddox; Elizabeth married 
D. F. Brooks; and Sarah A. married Moses Fer- 
min. All the sisters are living in the Buckeye 
State. 

The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
Philip Bysel, who moved from Pennsylvania, to 
Stark County, Ohio, about the year 1823. He 
leased a tract of land for a time, and then bought 
a flour mill on the line between Stark and Wayne 
Counties, and operated it until his death. During 
his last years he made his home with a son in 
Wayne County. 

Heniy Bowers was born near Canton, Stark 
County. Ohio, March 11, 1826, and was a lad of 
nine years when his parents moved to Hancock 
County. The removal was made with teams through 
the wilderness, and the father's circumstances be- 
ing very limited, his children were obliged to assist 
him as much .as possible in clearing the farm, and 
securing their inheritance. Our subject attended 
the pioneer schools, and in the intervals labored on 
the homestead. The schoolhouse was built of logs 
with the chimney on the outside, constructed of 
earth and sticks, the floor of puncheon, and roof 
and door of boards; the windows were of greased 



paper, and the seats were made by splitting logs, 
leaving one side smooth, and inserting pins in the 
other for legs. 

Mr. Bowers resided under the parental roof un- 
til his mnrriage, wlion he bought a tract of Govern- 
ment land in Putnam County, built a log house, 
himself splitting the puncheon for the floor and 
clap-boards for the roof, and in this primitive abode 
the young cou[ile began house keeping, the wife do- 
ing her cooking and other household work by the 
fire-place, as was the custom at that time on farms, 
and in the frontier settlements. The hand upon 
which tliey located was timbered, and Mr. Bowers 
cleared a considerable tract, iqjon which they lived 
for six years 

In 18,57, Mr. Bowers purchased some prairie 
land near Gridley, in ^McLean County, HI., thirty 
acres of it being under cultivation, and alog house 
standing upon it. On this farm the family resided 
until 1875, good buildings being in the meantime 
erected, and the acreage thoroughly eultiviited and 
improved. At the date above mentioned, they re- 
moved to this county, v.hich Mr. Bowers h.ad vis- 
ited the year before, and where he had jmrchased 
one hundred and sixty acres of land near this cit\ . 
Twenty acres of the estate were broken, and there 
was a small frame house upon it. The nearest rail- 
road ran through Wichita, and Wellington was a 
village of two hundred inhabitants. As soon as 
the family settled in their new home, Mr. Bowers 
set to work to farther improve the estate, and when 
the boom came he took advantage of the high price 
of land, and sold the greater part of his quarter-sec- 
tion. He still owns twenty acres adjoining the 
city, and is now also the fortunate possessor of two 
farms which are rented. 

;Mr. Bowers has been twice married. The first 
ceremony took place in 1848, the bride being Miss 
Lydia A. Fisher, who was born in Stark County, 
Ohio. She departed this life in 1880, after havino- 
borne nine children — Martha J., Levi B., Jasper P., 
Clinton, Annie, John, Eddie, Minnie, and Abbie 
D. The second mairiage of Blr. Bowers took plaive 
in 1881, and the lady with whom he was then united 
was Miss Mary J. Layman. Her parents, John II. 
and Catherine (Royer) Layman, were the children 
of German parents, ,and were born in Pennsylvania, 



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the fatlier in Cumberland Count3^.al)(l the motlier 
in Lancaster County. Their fainilj- coinprised five 
ehildren — Lucinda. Mary J.. Sarah A., Daniel, and 
H. W. Mr. Layman moved to Ohio about the year 
183G, and settled in Portage County, where he 
bouglit timber land and cleared an excellent farm, 
upon which his death took place in 18S7. In that 
county Mrs. Bowers first opened lier eyes to the 
light. 

Mr. Bowci-s is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, witii which lie united in 1853, since 
which time he has served as Treasurer and Steward, 
and also as Class-Le.vler for many years. Ills first 
wife was a worthy member of the same denomina- 
tion, and the present Mrs. Bovvers is a member in 
good standing of the Christian Church. In his 
early life Mr. Bowers was a Democrat, but differ- 
ing with the party on the question of slaver^', at 
the formation of the Republican party, he identi- 
fied himself with it, and has ever since given it his 
suffrage. The upright character, industrious hab- 
its, and friendly nature of. Mr. Bowers are recog- 
nized and appreciated by all with whom he comes 
in contact, and they accord him a corresponding 
measure of respect and good will. 



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lUc ON. ALEXANDER HANNIBAL SMITH. 
There are few people sojourning an3- length 
of time in Sumner County, who are unac- 
'i^i quainted with at least the name of Mr. 
Smith, who is recognized as one of its most popu- 
lar and prosperous citizens. Nature has endowed 
him with fine abilities, intellectually, and with great 
kindliness of disposition, besides the qualities which 
have made him successful financiallj-. He is of 
Southern birth and antecedents, his birthplace hav- 
ing been in the vicinity of Bucksville, Cumberland 
County, Ky., where he first opened his eyes to the 
light March 30, 1836. 

John C. Smith, father of the subject of this no- 
tice, was born in Fauquier County, Va.. and was 
the son of Mathevv Smith, a native of the city of 



Edinburg, Scotland. The latter left home when a 
boy, and came to America during the colonial 
times. He located in Virginia, Init later entered the 
Continental Army, in which he arose to the com- 
mand of a company, being given a captain's com- 
mission under (ien. Nathaniel Green, his brother- 
in-law. He was shot through both limbs and 
crippled for life. Later he became the owner of 
land in A'irginia, where he spent his last days. 

Mathew Smith married Miss Pamelia, a sister of 
Gen. Nathaniel Green, who, after the death of her 
husband, removed, in 1811 to Kentucky-. 'I'he 
journey was made overland with ox-teams, and the 
widowed mother was accompanied bv her nine chil- 
dren, taking with her her household goods .and farm 
implements. She was a woman of great courage 
and resolution, and entered a tract of Government 
land in the timber of Ciunl>erland County, where, 
with the assistance of her children, she improved a 
farm, building up a good homestead. 

Late in life she removed to Warren County, 
where she spent her last years. Her son. John C, 
the father of our subject, was a lad of nine years 
when the family removed to Kentucky, where lie 
was reared to man's estate. After his marriage he 
purchased a tract of timber land in Warren County, 
in what was known as Smith's'Grove Valley. He 
put up a log cabin in the most primitive style, with 
puncheon floor, and the chimney built outside of 
earth and sticks. In this pioneer structure the sub- 
ject of this sketch was born. The mother was a 
very industrious woman, devoted to her family. 
She spun and wove wool anil flax, manufacturing 
thus all the cloth used in the family, and making 
up the garments with her own hands. The father 
cleared a considerable extent of his land, and was 
prospered in his labors, being finally enabled to 
erect a good brick house. For some time after the 
Smith family settled in that region, wild game of 
all kinds was abundant, including deer and turkeys. 

Mrs. Sally D. (Gearhart) Smith, the mother of 
our subject, was born iu Cumberland County, Ky., 
and was the daughter of Peter Gearhart, a native 
of Germany. Grandfather Gearhart was reared to 
farming [lursuits, and emigrated to America when 
•J young man, locating in Virginia. He was there 
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settling among the timber of Cumberland County. 
He cleared a farm and died there. Tlie parents of 
our subject resided on that farm until their decease, 
the mother passing away in 1855, and the father in 
1857 Six of the ten children born to them lived 
to mature years, namely: Alexander H. Herschel 
P., Mercenia, Carroll J., Dobney W., and Julius O. 

The subject of this notice was reared to man's 
estate in hi.s native county, and acquired his early 
educntion in the subscription schools, conducted in 
a log schooliiouse. The temple of learning was 
erected and furnished in the most piimilive man- 
ner, the seats being of split logs, upheld by wooden 
pins, and the chimney built outside of earth and 
sticks. Light was admitted through an aperture 
made by removing a log from one side of the 
building, and closed by a wooden shutter. The 
school was conducted mostly' during the winter sea- 
son, while in summer j-oung Smith assisted his 
father on the farm. He remained with his parents 
as long as the}' lived, and then being the eldest 
child, the care of the family devolved upon him. 
He managed the farm, and reared the children, tak- 
ing the place of both father and mother, the young- 
est child being then two and one-half years old, 
and his oldest sister, a little girl of seven. The 
father had made a will, giving to Alexander the 
homestead with the provision that he was to look 
after the children until they should be able to take 
care of themselves. He fulfilled the duties assigned 
him in an admirable manner and continued to re- 
side on the old farm until 1880. He was a Union 
man during the Civil War, but took no part there- 
in, and although that section of country was over- 
lun by both armies, he did not in any wise suffer 
from personal outrage or loss of property. 

Disiiosing of his interests in the lilue Grass State 
in the year above mentioned, Mr. Smith came to 
Kansas and purchased city property in Wellington, 
also farm lands in Sumner County. He has one 
hundred and sixty acres adjoining the city limits 
besides other lands in different parts of tiie county, 
and has been identified with many of the enter- 
prises which have assisted in the growth and pros- 
perity of Wellington. He was instrumental in the 
organization of the State Bank, of which he was 
elected President, ami still holds this office. Dur- 



ing his early manhood he was a Whig, politicall}', 
but later developed into a Jeffersonian Democrat. 
He was prominent in the politics of his native State 
and represented W.arren County in the Kentucky 
Legislature, casting his vote for James 15. Beck for 
Senator. Since coming to Kansas, among other 
positions of trust and responsibilit}', he served one 
term as Mayor of Wellington. As a financier he 
stands pre eminent, and is now in the enjoyment 
of not only a large share of this world's goods, but 
the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen. Of 
late years he has operated extensively as a money 
loaner. 

Mr. Smith was married in his native county, in 
1857, to Miss Rebecca Shobe. Mrs. Smith like her 
husband, was born in Warren County, Ky., and 
there reared to w^omanhood, receiving a common- 
school education, and becoming versed in all use- 
ful household duties. The twelve children born of 
this union were named respectively: Herschel P., 
Jesse G., Moses S., Carrie C. L., Anna, Golsen N., 
Girden B., Walter, Hannibal, P. F., Talmadge and 
Dudley. 




R. S. P:WING smith. The gentleman with 
\ whose name we introduce this biographical 
record is recognized as the leading dentist 
of Wellington and a member of the profes- 
sion who thoroughly understands iiis calling in all 
its details. He was born in tiie town of Princeton, 
Gibson County, Ind., and is the son of Josse Smith, 
a native of Glasgow, Scotland and who was born 
in 1V94. The latter when quite young emigrated 
with his mother and sisters to America, locating 
with them in Raleigh, N. C. There Jesse was reared 
and educated and lemained until 1830. That 
j'ear he emigrated to Indiana anrl located among 
the early settlers of Princeton. Tliis vvas before the 
days of railroads an<l canals and the removal was 
made overland with teams. 

.Jesse Smith during his younger years had learned 
the trade of a carpenter, which he followed after 



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removing to Indiana until 1845. That year he 
pushed on further westward into Jefferson County, 
III., and purchasing a farm near Spring Garden, so- 
journed there until 1876. That year he came to this 
State and settled in Wabaunsee County, near 
Alma. His death look place at the home of his son, 
Alonzo, iu 1877. 

The mother of our subieet bore the maiden name 
of Uhoda P. Dimmiek. She was born in Vermont 
and was the daughter of Adam Dimmiek, a native 
of New York State, who removed to Vermont and 
then to Indiana, being one of the earliest settlers 
of Gibson County. He cleared a farm from the tim- 
ber and there spent his last jears. To the i)arents 
of our subject there was born a family of twelve 
children, of whom the record is as follows: William 
died at the age of ten years in Indiana; John B., 
during the Civil War served in the Thirty-sixth 
Illinois Infantr3' and died in the army; Octavia be- 
came the wife of James Prigmore of Spring Gar- 
drn. 111. ; Augustus praitieed dentistry in Sedalia, 
Mo., and is now deceased; B. Frank is a resident of 
Weir, Kan.; S. Ewing, our subject, was the nest in 
order of birth; James died in Lutesville, Mo.; 
Delia died in Kansas; Halla and Matilda, are twins; 
the first mentioned became the wife of Jonathan 
Casebolt, tlie inventor of the curve to the cable ear 
system and lives in San Francisco, Cal.; Matilda 
married George Thomas of Linnville, Ind.; Thomas 
is a resident of Union. Ind.; Alonzo resides in Wa- 
baunsee, this State. 

After the removal of the famili' to Illinois Di . 
Smith made his home for a time with a sister, Mrs. 
Prigmore. Her husband was a wheelwright with 
which trade Dr. Smitli became quite familiar and 
at tlie same time completed his studies in the com- 
mon SI hool. In 1859 he wi nt to Philadelphia and 
studied dentistry, remaining there two years. At the 
expir.ition of this time the outbreak of the Civil 
War turned his attention in another direction and 
in 1861, returning to Illinois he enlisted, in Febru- 
ary, 1862, in Company I, Sixtieth Illinois Infantrv, 
and served until the close. The greater part of this 
time he was under the command of Gen. Thomas. 
At the battle of Lookout Mountain he was wounded 
and sent to the hos|)ital at Madison, Ind. As soon 
as able to bo of assistance in any way, he w.as de- 



tailed to the hospital service and remained in the 
army until the expiration of his term of enlistment. 

We next find Dr. Smith in Philadelphia where 
he practiced dentistrj' two years, then removed to 
New York Citj', where he sojourned until 1876, 
having his office at No. 710 Broadwaj'. In the year 
above mentioned he set his face toward the Great 
West and coming to Kansas located in Council 
Grove, Morris Count}'. In 1882 he repaired to Kerr 
City, Fla., and in the fall of 1883 he purchased one 
thousand acres of land at Lake Kerr where he 
planted an orange giove. In 1885 he traded three 
hundred acres of this land for the Commercial 
House, the leading hotel in Manhattan, Kan., which 
lie still owns. In 1885 he removed hither to look 
after his propertj', remaining until 1888. That year 
he came to AVellington and opened an office and 
during a year's time has built up a large practice. 
He still owns seven hundred acres of his Florida 
land upon which he has expended large sums of 
moncty iu improvements. 

Dr. Smith was wedded January 25, 1865, at the 
bride's home in Indiana to Miss Anna Lund. This 
lady was born in Madison, Ind., and died in Ore- 
gon in 1868, leaving one child, F. Ewing, eleven 
months of age and who .was legally adopted bj' .S. 
D. Ewing. of Ohio. The Doctor contracted a sec- 
ond marriage in 1872 with Miss Helen Love. 

Mrs. Helen (Love) Sm'th was born near Au- 
burn. N. Y., and is the daughter of Volney 
Love, a native of Niles, that State. Her paternal 
grandfather was Capt. Samuel Love, a native of 
Scotland who upf>n coming to America settled in 
New York State. He served in the War of 1812 as 
commander of a company and died in the service. 
He had married IMiss Sarah Basselt, who, after his 
death became the wife of the father of President 
Fillmore and spent her last 3ears in Aurora, N. Y. 
Volney Love was reared on a farm and later con- 
ducted a hotel at Skaneateles, N. Y., and at Niles. 
In 1860 he came to Kansas, settling among the pio- 
neers of Wabaunsee County. He purchased a tract 
of land and engaged in farming some years prior to 
the building of a railroad in this region. Later he 
removed to Alma, Kan., where he was in the I'nited 
States mail service and where liis death took place 
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The maiden name of the mother of Mrs. Smith 
was Lydia Coon. .Slie was born in Scipio, Onondaga 
County, N. Y., and was the daughter of Eli and 
Margaret (Van Auken) Coon and was married in 
her native State. She is still living, making iier home 
in Florida. Her two children living are, Mrs. Smith 
and Ida May, the wife of Luther Bovece of St. 
Augustine, Fla. 

Mrs. Smith understands the profession of den- 
tistry nearly as well as her husband and is his 
efficient assistant in his business. The Doctor be- 
longs to the Congregational Church and is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic fraternity, the Ancient Order 
of United Workmen, the Knights of Honor and the 
Grand Army of tlie Republic. 




JUDGE JAMES A. RAY, .Judge of the Dis 
trict Court of Sumner County, established 
himself as a resident of WelHngton on the 
22d of March, 1883, and with the exception of 
one year, which he spent as Internal Revenue 
Agent in the employ of the Government, has been 
continuously engaged in the practice of law. He 
was born near Bowling Gieen, Ky., August 22. 
1848, and there spent his boyhood and youth, com- 
pleting a practical education in the common schools. 
He commenced the reading of law at home 
and later entered the law office of Halsell & 
Mitchell and was admitted to practice in 1874. He 
commenced the duties of his profession in his native 
town, remaining there three years thereafter. He 
then removed to Cumberland County, Ky., ,ind 
accepted the position of Deputy Collector of Inter- 
nal Revenue, still continuing, however, his law 
practice. During that time he had manv adven- 
tures with the Moonshiners whose operations hail 
become quite extensive in that region. 

In 1885 Mr. Ray was appointed Judge of the 
District Court, the district then comprising four 
counties, be filling a vacancy and serving one year. 



He has always been an active supporter of the 
Republican party, and was at one time the City 
Attorney at Wellington. While a resident of Ken- 
tucky he was active in politics, but since coming 
to Kansas has been too b\isy with tlic duties of his 
lirofession to give much attention to public affairs. 
His religious views coincide with those of the Pres- 
byterian Church, and with which he is connected 
in ^V^ellington. He bears the rei)ut3tion among 
his fellow citizens of an honest man and a useful 
member of the community. 

Judge Kay was married in Berksville, Ky., 
August 22. 1879, to Mrs. Nana (Dodd) Eckles who 
was born in Adair County in 1851. Mrs. Ray 
when quite young went with her parents, Henry -uid 
Sarah J. Eckles, to Cumberland County, where she 
sojourned until her marriage. Of this union there 
have been born five children, viz: Lawrence W., 
Roscoe C, Anna, Frederick A. and Clifford. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd there was born one son, Charles 
B. who remains with his mother. 

The father of our subject was Benjamin Ray, a 
native of Warren County, Ky., and who married 
Mrs. Louisa E. Chapman. He farmed in Kentucky 
until about 1878, and then retired from active 
labor. Besides our subject, there are living three 
other sons and one daughter. W. D. is the Re- 
publican Postmaster of Russellville, Ky., Charles 
L. is farming in Texas; Joseph W. livesjin Bowie, 
that State; Katie, Sirs. Ilobbs. is a resident of the 
samelplace. 

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AVID N. GILBERT. Among the farmers 
and stock dealers of Falls Township, the 
^ above-named gentleman deserves mention, 
both on account of his excellent charac- 
ter and the share he has in the interests of the 
county. He has been a resident here since 1875. 
his ho?iie being on one of the best improved farms 
of the township, the estate comprising two hun- 
dred and forty acres on section 12. For several 
years after his arrival here he dealt largely in 
sheep, but now gives his attention to farming and 



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cattle dealing. His financial success proves his 
ability, as he was poor when he began his career, 
and he has made all that he possesses and is now 
quite well-to-do. 

From a long line of lionorable ancestors whose 
home was in Virginia, and one of whom settled in 
tliat State in Colonial days, Mr. Gilbert derives 
iiis origin. Prior to the emigration to tlie Colo- 
nies tlie family had lived in England. The parents 
of our subject were Samuel and Melvina (Crutcher) 
Gilbert. The father was born in Lincoln County, 
Ky., about the year 1801, but spent the most of 
his life in Taylorsville, Spencer County, where he 
died in 1877. He was a miller and mechanic, and 
at one time was quite wealthy but was bankrupted 
tlirough paying security debts. From early man- 
hood until his death he was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Churcli. Mrs. Melvina Gil- 
bert was born in Spencer County, Ky., d^ing there 
when our subject was but seven years of age. 

Our subject was the only child of his parents, 
and was born December 28, 1829, at Taylorsville, 
Spencer County, Ky. He was reared in his na- 
tive town, receiving a common-school education, 
and in early life doing wool-carding vvith his father. 
In 1850 he went to California, but a year later re- 
turned to the States and located in Buchanan 
County, Mo., where he lived until 18.")G. Ho then 
located in Leavenworth County, Kan., where he 
was successfully cng.iged in farming and stock-rais- 
ing until 1873, when he moved to the city of 
Leavenworth, where he lived until 1875, when he 
sold out his interests lliere and became a resident 
of Sumner County-. Here he has since resided, 
continuing to meet with success in his chosen vo- 
cation, and adding to his worldly possessions. 

During the war Mr. Gilbert belonged to the 
Kansas Stale Militia, and ims commissions as First 
Lieutenant and Captain. He has held various minor 
township offices, among them that of .Tustice of the 
Peace. Politically he has Ijoen a Greenbacker 
since the institution of that part}'. He is a mem- 
ber of the Farmers* Alliance. 

The first n^arriage of Mr. Gilbert took place in 
Buchanan County-, I\Io., October 22, 1852, the 
Inide being Miss Mary Martin, of that countj'. 
She was born in Washington County. Ky., in 1828, 



and lived until May 1882. She became the mother 
of four children — Martha A., Samuel J., William 
W. and Zula V. — all 3'et living. On October 6, 
1884. Mr. Gilbert contracted' a second matrimo- 
nial alliance, being on this occasion united with 
Mrs. Klizabeth J. Alexander, of DeLand, Fla. 
She was born in Taylorsville, Ky., January 15, 
1830, and .was the widow of William Alexander, by 
whom she had six children — John I., Katie, Will- 
iam, Anna, Susie and Joseph. Her present marriage 
has been childless. 

A view of Mr. Gilbert's residence will be found 
on another page. 



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_^|ARON A. ENDERS. Few men in Falls 
' @^| i Township have so valuable a farm or so 
pleasant a home as he whose name intro- 
^'' dujes this sketch. His estate consists of 

one hundred and sixty acres of finely improved 
land on section 17, of which he took possession in 
1885. The dwelling is one of tlie noticeable ones 
of the vicinity, and all the buildings upon the es- 
tate are well built, affording adequate shelter for 
croi)s and stock. The entire attention of Mr. En- 
ders is turned to farming and the stock liusiness, 
and his capability is being abundantly displa3'ed. 
His excellent fiiianeial ■itanding is due to his own 
efforts, every dollar that he possesses having been 
made by himself. 

The liirth of i\Ir. Enders occurred in Dauphin 
Count}', Pa, August 15, 1842, and on the farm 
where he first saw the light he was reared to man's 
estate. He received a good common- school edu- 
cation, and an insight into the business he is now 
following, his father being a life-long farmer. At 
the age of twenty-one years he began railroading, 
but afterward followed mining in his native State 
three years. He then learned the trade of a stone- 
mason, working at it until 1876, wheu he turned 
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this county, pui'cliased tlie land wliicli he now oc- 
cupies, and in a short time moved upon it.. 

The |)arents of our subject are .Samuel and Leah 
(Etter) Enders, who are natives of Dauphin and 
York Counties, Pa., respectively; they were reared, 
married, and still live in that State. The father is 
a member of the German Reformed Church, winle 
his wife is a member of the United Brethren Church. 
Sccialljf Mr. Enders belongs to tlie Knights of Pyth- 
ias. His family consists of the following children 
— Isabella, Aaron A., Rebecca, James, Louisa, 
Charles and Ann J. The Enders family is of Ger- 
man stock, the great-graudfather of our subject 
having been born in the Fatherland. 

Aaron Enders and INI'Ss Susan A. ^filler cele- 
brated their marriage rites January 6, 1870. The 
bride was born in tiie same county as her husband, 
her natal day being February 5, 1845. Her parents. 
Christian B. and Mary (Warlle) Miller, now live in 
this count3-. She is an estimable woman, looking 
well to the ways of her household and winning 
respect from all about her. She has borne her 
husband tiiree children — Otto. Lcedora and Claude. 
Mr. Enders is a member of the Republican party 
and of the Farmers' Alliance. He is a man of in- 
telligence and good character, whose life, thougli 
unmarked by any remarkable event, is well worthy 
of record in a volume of this nature. On another 
page will be found a fine view of the home and 
surroundings of Mr. Enders. 



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S^\OBERT F. INGRAM. Although not yet 
Ibsif thirty I'ears of age, the subject of this 
^\ sketch may be called an old settler of Kan- 
^p; sas, and in her borders few, if an3', men 
can be found who have exhibited more energy and 
capabilitj' than he. He was born in West Virginia, 
April 1, 1863, and was about four years old wium 
his parents came to Kansas, settling in Johnson 
County, near Olalhe. After remaining there some 
eight years a removal was made to this county, and 



section 31, Osborn Township, became the home of 
the family. 

When fourteen years old young Ingram began 
life for himself, and for some years prior to the 
death of his father, which took i)Iace in 1882, he 
had sole charge of his father's affairs. When he 
became of age, he purchased and removed to the 
farm which he now occupies in Ryan Townshii). 
It comprises eighty acres of section 2.5, is thor- 
oughly and intelligently cultivated, and about sixty 
head of stock are carried upon it. The present 
residence was erected in IHSij, at a cost of -SI, 600, 
and is as fine a dwelling as can be found in the 
township. Mr. Ingram also owns eighty acres in 
Missouri. Besides carrying on his hom:^ place he 
runs two steam threshers, and such is the confi- 
dence of his fellow-citizens in his judgment that 
the}- have made him Road Overseer, feeling satis- 
fied that the interests of the agriculturists will be 
.safe in his hands. 

On .I.'uiuary 27, 188G, the interesting ceremony 
took place which transformed ]Miss Edith P. Waters 
into Mrs. R.F. Ingram. The bride was born on the 
10th of Novpmber, 1865, to Gardner and Sarah Wa- 
ters, and is the fourth of their five children. Mr. and 
Mrs. Waters were natives of Missouri. The father, 
who was a farmer, died in 1 870, and his widow 
subsequentl}' married F, B. Crigraore, and now 
lives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram were the 
parents- of two children, both of whom died in in- 
fancy. 

Mr. Ingram takes a deep interest in politics, and 
exercises the elective franchise in behalf of the can- 
didates on the Democratic ticket, his judgment 
concurring in the principles which they are ex- 
pected to uphold. lie and his wife belong to the 
Christian Church, are regular attendants at the Sun- 
day-school, and their intelligent minds, cordial na- 
tures and upright lives, endear them to a host of 
friends. 

The parents of our sul)ject, William and Eliza- 
beth Ingram, were natives of West "N'irginia, and 
were married in that State. The father served in 
the Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry during the 
Civil War, and his death was occasioned by dis- 
ease contracted in the army. The mother died in 
18G8, and the father subsequently married Miss 



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Margaret Fletcher, wlio is now living in Osborn 
Township, this count}'. The first marriage of 
William Ingram was blessed by the birth of seven 
children, six of whom are now living, our subject 
being the fourth in order of birth; the second mar- 
riage resulted in the birth of six children. 



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VAN R. JOXES, one of the early settlers 
of Oxford Township, came to this region 
in March, 1871, and secured a quarter sec- 
tion of land on Slate Creek. Subsequently he 
traded for that which his widow now occupies. He 
put up a good frame house that same year, and was 
joined by his wife in February-, 1872, the latter 
driving from Humboldt. Together they lived and 
labored until the death of Mr. Jones, which occur- 
red February 9, 1885. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Mer- 
ionethshire, North Wales, November 8, 1821, and 
lived there until a man of twenty-nine years. He 
then emigrated to the United States, settling in 
1850 in Madison County, N. Y. From there he 
removed to Dayton, Ohio, and in the vicinity of 
that now flourishing city, engaged in farming. 
There also he married Miss Clara Davis, March 15, 
1856. They removed to East Virginia "in Maj' 
following, purchasing a farm in Loudoun County, 
and sojourned there until the outbreak of the Re- 
bellion. After the second battle of Bull Run they 
removed to Washington, Mr. Jones having been 
taken prisoner and held for four months, notwith- 
standing the fact that he was neither a citizen of 
the United States or a soldier in the Union Army. 
After being released he lived with his family in 
W.ishington until 1871, and then they all came to 
Kansas. Mr. Jones was reared in the doctrines of 
the Church of England, to which he afterward 
loyally adhered. 

Mrs. Clara (Davis) Jones was born at Pom pay 
Hollow, Onondago County, N. Y., March 13, 1833, 
and is the daughter of Allen Davis, a native of 
Cooperstown, N. Y., whence he removed to the 
above-mentioned place. He was there married to 



Miss Chloe Benson, and they lived in Pompey Hol- 
low until the death of the mother, which occurred 
September 23, 1847. Next they removed to Mad- 
ison County, N. Y., where Miss Davis remained 
with the family until her marriage. Allen Davis 
met his death bj' drowning in Oneida Lake in June, 
1872, at the age of seventy-two. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Jones there were born six children, of whom but 
two are living: Edward R., the main stay of his 
mother, was born in Washington, in 1866, and has 
charge of the homestead; Nellie A., also lives with 
her mother; John died at the age of five 3'ears; 
Molly died when sixteen months old; Robert and 
Catherine died at the ages of three months and six 
years, respectively. Mrs. Jones is a lady highly 
respected in her community, and a consistent mem- 
ber of the Episcopal Church. 

At the organization of the school district in 
which they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Jones were present, 
and the latter was the only one casting her vote for 
a schoolhouse who is still living here. Mr. Jones, 
although by no means a politician, kept himself 
well informed upon public events, and officiated as 
a Justice of the Peace. He was a Greeubacker, 
with Democratic proclivities. 



« BARREN J. WOLLAM is an enterprising 
\j^f and progressive farmer of Green Town- 
W^ ship, who was born in Columbiana County, 
Ohio, November 9, 1851, and is a son of Alfred 
WoUam, a tiller of the soil in the Buckeye State. 
In 1863 Alfred Wollam with his famil}', which con- 
sifted of a wife, seven sons and two daughters, 
removed to Mercer County, where he and his wife 
still reside, and where our subject grew to man- 
hood. 

Mr. Wollam, of whom we write, acquired an ex- 
cellent education, and earlj^ in life, adopted the 
profession of a teacher, spending the winters in pro- 
fessional work, and during the summers working 
upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two 
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Mercer County, seven of them being successive in 
Lis iionie district, and since coming to Kansas has 
spent one term iu similar emploj'ment. 

At the home of the bride in Mercer County, 
Ohio, August 16, 1873, Mr. Wolhun was united 
in marriage with Miss Elscina, daughter of Wes 
le3' Copeland. The bride was born in Auglaize 
County, Ohio, .Tune 15, 1851, and has been an able 
assistant and loving companion since their mar- 
riage. After that event the 3'oung couple con- 
tinued to reside in Mercer County until the spring 
of 1883, when they removed to Kansas, locating on 
section 29, Green Township, where they have ever 
since resided. There Mr. WoUam now owns one 
hundred and sixty acres of fertile and productive 
land, on which excellent buildings have been 
erected and other good improvements marie. 
Since coming to this State lie has devoted consider- 
able time to carpentering, and has built several 
houses in Green Township. He is a good work- 
man at the trade, as well as a successful farmer. 
The famil3' of Mr. ap.d Mrs. Wollara comprises 
four living children — Nellie, Alfred, Oma and 
Carl; and two infant daughters, Eva and Gertie. 
were removed from them Ij3- the reai)cr — Death. 

Mr. Wollam is an active worker in the Farmers' 
Alliance, and has been business agent since the 
organization of the body here. He has held the 
ollice of Trustee of (Treen Township for three suc- 
cessive terms. He takes an active |)srt in [lolitical 
matters, laboring earnestly for the advancement of 
the Republican party. In •Iul3-, 1888, he was sent 
as a delegate to the State Republican Convention. 
In thef.allof 1889 he w.ns the Republican candidate 
for County Clerk, but was defeated by William H. 
Carnes. Few men of his years within the bounds 
of Kansas possess a wider fund of information, a 
more agreeable manner or a more energetic nature 
than does he, and his rejiutation among his asso- 
ciates is that of an ui)right man and reliable cit- 
izen. 



jilLLIAM H. LA.SSELL. The tasteful and 
fj attractive borne of this gentleman is lo- 
cated on section 29. Bluff Township, and its 
appearance and surroundings are conclusive evi- 



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dences to the passerby that the owner is in a condi- 
tion of financial prosperitj', and Hint the family are 
possessed of refined tastes. These indications would 
not be belied b^- closer investigation, as the estate 
is one of the best farms in the township, the dwell- 
ing, bar^is and other improvements being excellent 
and adequate, and the entire place pervaded by an 
air of neatness and order highly creditable to its 
owner and operator. The interior of the residence 
presents equal signs of good management, and the 
family- are found to lie cultured, cordial and agree- 
able. 

^Ir. Lasscll was born in Clinton County, N. Y., 
M.iy 25, 1840, to Harris and Lydia (Fisk) Lassell, 
and is the sixth in a family of seven children. 
The eyes of his father first opened to the light in 
Swanton, ^'t.. ]March 8, 1803, and when a young 
man he look up his abode in Otsego County, N. Y. 
There he married a young lad}- of that county, and 
engaging in the mill and lumber business, con- 
tinued to reside in the Empire State until 1853, at 
which time he moved to Gireen County, Wis. In 
the latter State he followed farming until his death, 
'vhieli occurred in. January, 1885. He accumulated 
considerable means and left an estate worth >!l 2,000. 
He was a memlier of the ISIasonic fraternity, and 
of Republiian politics. Mrs. Harris Lassell was 
born April 12. 1802, and died in Green County, 
Wis.. February 14, 1S73. She was the mother of 
seven children: Ellen .and Lewis, the first and 
fourth born, being now dead.. Of the survivors 
Eliza is the wife of R. W. Button, of Colton, C'al.; 
Luther .1., a lumberman and miner in Arizona; 
Lorenzo IL, a lumberman in Washington; and Em- 
ily A., the wife of Charles Smiley, a farmer in 
Albanj', Wis. 

The gentleman who is the subject of this biog- 
raphy was reared to the age of twelve years in his 
native county in the Empire State, and spent the 
remainder of his j'ears to earlj' manhood, in Green 
Count}', Wis. In 1859, when nineteen years of age, 
he crossed the plains to California and remained on 
the Pacific Slope until 1868, when he returned to 
Green County, Wis., and engaged in farming there 
during the succeeding eight years. He then re- 
moved to Bremer County, Iowa, and in 1H78 came 
to Sumner County, Kan,, and pre-empted one luin- 



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rtred and sixty acres on sections 28, 29, 32 and 33 
of Bluff Township. He has since made liis home 
here, has acquired an excellent reputation among 
his fellow men and proved himself a useful citizen. 
He lias served as .histice of tlie Peace, is a member 
of tiie Masonic tniternity and of the Republican 
part}-. 

The marriage of Mr. Lassell was celebrated 
March 11, 1874, his bride being Miss Celia Taylor, 
of Avon, Rock Countv, Wis. Her i)arents, .Tames 
IT. and Caroline (Conger) Taylor, are natives of 
Fairfield, Vt., who emigrated to Wisconsin about 
the year 184.5, and are still residing there. Mrs. 
Lassell was born in Delevan,Wis., on the 7th of J»^\\ 
1848, and possesses some rare accomplishments. 
She was graduated from the While Water (Wis.) 
Normal School in 1872, and taught school several 
3'ears before her marri.age. Five bright boj's and 
girls cluster about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs. 
Lassell, and gladden their parents' hearts by their 
growing intelligence and youthful courtesy. They 
bear the names of Caroline L., Harris J., Ada JI., 
AVallace A. and Louisa A. 



\f OITN C. WIOBBER, M. D. The legal pro- 
j fession of Perth and vicinity finds a worthy 
representative in Dr. Webber, who estab- 
lished himself at this place in 1886. Being 
equipped witii a thorough knowledge of the duties 
of his profession, he soon established himself in the 
esteem and confidence of the people, and is now in 
the enjoyment of a good practice. He is essentially 
a Western man, and was born in Davis County, 
Iowa, March 17, 1857. 

The subject of this notice is the son of David 
Webber.who was born near Vincennes, Ind.,in 183G, 
and who died at the early age of thirty-seven years 
in Sibley County, Minn. In early life he emigra- 
ted to Missouri and thence to Davis County-, Iowa. 
He went to Minnseola in 1870, and lived but three 
years thereafter, dying after a short illness, in 1873, 
from the effects of a suddenly-contracted cold 
while out in a snow storm. He was a chair-maker 
liy trade, an industrious and law-abiding citizen, 
and a stanch supporter of the Republican party. 



The paternal grandfather was Nathaniel B. Webber, 
who was born in the State of Maine in 1804, and 
who died in Texas at the advanced nge of eighty- 
three years. 

The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden 
name of Frances S. Kein, was born in South Caro- 
lina, and is now living in Davis County, Iowa. 
There were born to her and her husband six child- 
ren, viz: .Tohn, Sarah, Marj-, Ambrose, Isaac and 
David, all of whom are living, and those besides 
John C, making their homes mostly in Iowa. 

Dr. Webber spent his early j'ears in a compara- 
tively uneventful manner under the home roof, 
attending the common school, and being variously 
enii)loyed until making up his mind' to adopt the 
medical profession, he spent two years at the 
Southern Iowa Normal school, at Bloomfield. After 
the proper time spent in reading medicine, he en- 
tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at 
Keokuk, Iowa, from which he was dul3' graduated, 
and commenced the regular practice of his profes- 
sion in Savannah, Iowa, where he met with good 
success for the following five years. He w.as mar- 
ried Ma^' 10, 1884, in Iowa, to Miss Florence Brunk. 
He then came to Perth where he has since re- 
mained. This lady was born in Grayson County 
Ky.. August 6, 18fi3, and is the daughter of 
Samuel and Ann (Gr.ay) Biunk, who were like- 
wise natives of the Blue Grass State. Upon leav- 
ing that region, in 1870, they removed to Davis 
County, Iowa, where tliev now live and where 
the father is engaged in farming. The Doctor and 
his amiable lady are the parents of three children, 
namely: Gaillard, Glen and an infant unnamed. 
The family residence is pleasantly situated in the 
southeast part of the city, forming an attractive 
home, and the Doctor and Mrs. Webber enjoj' the 
friendship and acquaintance of the best people of 
their community 



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r/ UDGE JOHN T. SANDERS. The city of 
Wellington recognizes in Judge Sanders one 
of its most important and useful citizens. 
' He has been connected with many of its 
important enterprises and has uniformly given his 



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support and encouragement to whatever would as- 
sist in its advancement and welfaie. He was at one 
time Ma3'or of tiie city, and served nine years as a 
member of the Board of Education, being Presi- 
dent of the same for five years. He iiolds tlie of- 
fice of Probate Judge, liaving been first elected in 
i SSG, and after serving two years, was reelected 
in 1888. The varied duties associated with the 
position he has discharged with eminent ability and 
to the general satisfaction. Politically, since l)e- 
coming a voting citizen, he has been identitied 
with the Republican party. lie was a charter mem- 
ber and the first C'omm:iuder of James Shields 
Post, No. 57, G. A. R., and also belongs to Wel- 
lington Lodge, No. 150, A. F. & A. M.. Welling- 
ton Lodge, No. 133, I. O. (). F., and Sumner Chap- 
ter. No. 37, R. A. M. 

A gentleman still in the prime of life, Mr. San- 
ders was born June 20, 1842. his native [ilace being 
Spring Jlills. Richland Countv. Ohio. His father, 
James Steel Sanders, was a native of Virginia, born 
in Frederick County, F"ebruary 13, 1809, while the 
l)aternal grandfather, Isaac Sanders, was a native 
of London, England, and was born about 17G5. 
Isaac Sanders came to America when eighteen 3'ears 
of age and located in F'rederick Count}-, Va., where 
he died in 1822. He was liy occupation a weaver, 
and was twice married. His first wife bore him 
two children, Joshua A. and William. The latter 
died in Virginia when young, and tiie former passed 
away in Mississippi about 1833. 
- Isaac Sanders contracted a second marriage with 
Elizabeth Steel, who was born in 177fi. in Freder- 
ick County, ^'a., and died in Richland County, 
Ohio, .September 7, 1850. Her father, Thomas Steel, 
was born in Ireland, and her mother in Wales. At 
an early day they emigrated to America, and lo- 
cated in Virginia, l^lizabeth Steel Sanders had 
four brothers and two sisters, all natives of the 
same county in tlie Old Dominion. She l)ore Mr. 
.Sanders seven children, as follows: Mary Ann, 
Filizabeth, Rebecca, Thomas, James S., William 
C. and Sarah. All are dead with the exception of 
James S. and Sarah. 

After spending his boyhood in Virginia, James 
S. Sanders emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pa., 
in 1825, and four years Uater was married at Greens- 



bui'g, that county. In 1835 he removed to Ohio, 
settling in Richland County, which was the home 
of the famil}' for a number of years. His means 
were limited and the oi)purti'.nilies for a poor man 
not so good as those offered furtlier West. 

Accordingly, in 1846, the elder Sanders started 
with his family foi' Indiana with an ox-team and a 
covered wagon. They carried their household of- 
fects, cooking and cam])ing l)y the way side. Lo- 
cating in Lake Counly the father took up a tr.aet 
of Government land in the timber, four miles from 
an3' settlers. The family lived in the wagon while 
a log cabin was being erected, this being chinked 
with chips and clay. The chimney was built out- 
side (jf earth and sticks. The mother had no stove 
and did all her cooking by the fireplace. They 
kept sheep and raised flax, the mother breaking ihe 
latter, and s|)inning and weaving both flax and 
wool. She thus made all the clothing for the fani- 
il}'. and everything required for the household. 

There then roamed in the wilds of Indiana, deer, 
beai-, wolves and other wild animals, and whatever 
the larder lacked in other provisions, there was al- 
ways ple.ity of meat. The Sanders family were 
prospered in their labors at felling the trees and 
tilling the soil, and the father accumulated land 
until he had ab lut two hundred acres, all of which 
they cleared. After several years, selling out, they 
purchased three hundred and twenty acres of tim- 
ber, four miles distant. The greater part of this was 
also cleared, and an orchard was set out and good 
buildings erected. The country grew up around 
them, peopled by a happ3' and prosperous commu- 
nity, and the Sanders family became well-to-do. 

James Sanders, however, not yet satisfied with 
his surroundings, sold out again, but now wisely 
retiring from active labor, left the farm and re- 
moved to the village of Westville, where he and 
his estimable wife are still living. The maiden 
name of the mother of our subject was Mary 
Haines. She was born April 4. 1808, in West- 
moreland Count}', Pa., and was the daughter of 
Frederick Haines, of German descent, who was boin 
in Northampton County. Pa., where he married Jo- 
anna Janet, of English ancestry. Soon after their 
marriage they emigrated to Westmoreland Countv, 
Pa., where were born to them nine children, four bo\ s 



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and five girls. The mother flied about 1844, and 
tlie father about 1857. Three of the children sur- 
vive. 

To James and Mar^' .Sanders tiiere was born a 
family of eight children: William P., the eldest liv- 
ing, is a resident of Bremer Countj', Iowa; Catherine 
I'], married .lohn Shaw, and is a resident of West- 
ville, Ind. ; Reuben H. lives in Door Village. Ind., 
and is a minister of the Metliouist Episcoiial 
Church ; James F., a resident of McCallsburg, Iowa; 
Johanna M. married Lemiali Shaw, and she is de- 
ceased; Benjamin F. is a resident of Chicago, III.; 
John T. was tlie next in order of birth; Rachel J. 
is the wife of Sanford Culbcrlson, and lives in 
AVestville, Ind. 

The subject of this sketch was a boy of six years 
when his parents removed to Indiana. He dis- 
tinctly remembers man^' of the incidents of the 
overland journey, and of pioneer life there. His 
early studies were conducted in the old log school- 
house, the benches of which were made by splitting 
small trees, hewing off one side and inserting 
wooden legs. He usually attended school three 
months during the winter season. The lialance of 
the )-ear he assisted in clearing land and tilling the 
soil. He remained under the parental roof until 
ISGO, and tlien commenced working out by the 
month, being thus occupied until after the out- 
break of the Civil War. 

Resolving now to have a liand in the preserva- 
tion of the Union, young Sanders, a youth of nine- 
teen years, enlisted. June 25, 18G1, in Company B, 
Twentieth Indiana Iiifantr}^ for three years, or 
during the war. This regiment participated in the 
most important battles of the war, name)}': tlie 
Chickahominy, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Oak 
Grove, Peacli Orchard, White Oak Swamp. Mal- 
vern Hills, Kelly's Ford, the second battle of Bull 
Run, Fredericksburg, Cliancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Pe- 
tersburg, and a number of minor engagements. In 
the fall of 1862 Mr. Sanders was seized with inflam- 
matory rheumatism, and conveyed to the hospital in 
Philadelphia, from which, there seeming little hope 
of his immediate recovery, he was honorably dis- 
charged Dec. 23, 1862. He returned home, but 
.seven days later, being much enconraged by the 



improvement in bis physical condition, he re-en- 
listed in Company G, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, in 
which he served until January 7, 1865. He then 
participated in the battles of Franklin, Nashville 
and Hurricane Creek, near Huntsville, Ala. In the 
latter battle he was wounded in the side, and a bul- 
let passed through both arms, completely disabling 
him forever from doing manual labor. He was 
taken to the hospital at Huntsville, and from there 
to Nashville, later to Indianapolis, and in due time 
was discharged on account of disability and re- 
turned home. He had been mustered in as Ser- 
geant, in which capacity he served until retiring. 

Being unable to perform manual labor Mr. San- 
ders now commenced learning telegraphy, and was 
soon given a position as night operator at LaFay- 
ette, Ind., by the Louisville, New Albany it Chi- 
cago Railroad Company. Six months later he was 
made Station Agent at Wanatah, La Porte County, 
and continued thereafter as agent and operator for 
a period of thirteen years. He resigned his posi- 
tion as station agent to accept one as a traveling 
salesman with the firm of Walter A. Wood & Co., 
with wdiom he associated nearly two years. 

We next find 'Slv. Sanders occu[)ied as Station 
Agent on the St. Louis & South Eastern Railroad, 
at Mt. Vernon, 111. Two years later he resigned 
this |)osition also and accepted one with the Mis- 
souri Pacific Railroad Company, first as telegraph 
operator at Chamois, Mo., and shortly afterward 
as Station Agent at Herman, that State. Later he 
was with the Adams Exi)ress Company, tempora- 
rily assigned to the ollice in Dodge Cit}'. On Ihe 
27 of September, 18V9, he arrived in AVellington 
and opened the first express office in the place in 
the interest of the Adams Express Company. That 
same d.ay the first express matter was brought to 
this place by train. When the Wells, Fargo Com- 
pany extended their route to this point their office 
w.as consolidated with that of the Adams, for a 
time Mr. Sanders had charge of both. He con- 
tinued his labors as agent for the Wells, Fargo 
Company until 1886. Then having been elected 
Probate Judge, be resigned to accept the latter 
office. 

The marriage of John T. Sanders with Miss Hes- 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 



457 



in La Porte, Ind., in April, 1868. Mrs. .Sanders 
was born in Groencastle, Ind., anrl is tlie daughter 
of John and Xellie Crawley, wiio are now deceased. 
Of tiiis union tliere have been born tno cluldren. a 
son and daughter: Claude is a stenographer and 
clerk in tlie general office of the Atchison, Topeka 
il' Santa Fe, at Topeka; Maude A. will graduate 
from the Higii Seliool in Wellington, at tiie close of 
the spring term of 1890. 



^SKOKGE W. GELBACH. junior member of 
'if <5w" ^^'^ ^^'^ ^^ Dowis & Gelbach, general mer- 
^\^ij! chants of Perth, pursues the even tenor of 
his way as a man giving due attention to the details 
of his business, and is held in general respect in his 
community. Like many of the substantial citizens of 
Sumner County, he is a native of Pennsylvania 
and was born in Adams County, March 11, 1861. 
His father, Joseph Gelbach, likewise a native of 
that county, is still living there on a farm and 
is now about fift3'-five j-ears old. Honest, indus- 
trious and steadj'-going. he is respected by his 
neighljors and uniformly votes the Democratic 
ticket. 

The ancestors of our subject originated in Ger- 
man}', where his paternal grandfather, John Gel- 
bach, was born in 1771. He emigrated to America 
at an early daj', settling in Penns^ivauia, where he 
followed blacksraithing and died at the advanced 
age of ninety-four years. The mother of our sub- 
ject was in her girlhood Miss Eliza Ratfensburger. 
She was born in Gettj-.'burg, Pa., in 1843, and died 
at the early age of thirty-seven years. Her parents 
were Jacob and Eliza (Miller) Raffensburger, na- 
tives of Pennsylvania aud of English extraction. 

To the parents of our subject was born a familj' 
of eight children, all of whom are living. They 
bear the names respectively of John, Mary, Jennie. 
Laura. AUie, Charles. George W. and Grace. It 
will thus be seen that George W.. of this notice 
was next to the youngest born. He was reared in 
his native township nnd complelpd Lis education at 



the Millersville State Normal School. After 
emerging from this institution he commenced 
teaching, which profession he followed in Pennsyl- 
vania until 1884. That year he came to this 
county and occupied himself as before, until 1887, 
in the meantime also serving .as Postmaster at 
Perth. That year ho associated himself with his 
present partner, and has since given his attention 
to mercantile business. 

Mr. Gelbach was maried October 13, 1889, at 
Perth, to Miss Josie Rosdall. This lady was born 
in Kentucky, September 11,1869. Mr. Rosdall 
came to this county in 1877, and is engaged in 
farming in Downs Township. He is a man of de- 
cided views and votes the straight Democratic 
ticket. 



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^1 ACOB LEIGHTV. Among the business men 
of Conw.ay Springs none stand higher in the 
estimation of their fellow-citizens than Mr. 
Leighty, whose thorough workmanship, hon- 
orable business methods and upright character, 
alike entitle him to their respect. He has been 
engaged in the harness business in this place since 
February, 1888. prior to which time he had been a 
resident of Wellington for two years, and in that 
place also, as in other towns in which he has lived, 
he was ranked among the best citizens. 

The birth of Mr. Leighty took place in Connels- 
ville, Fayette County, Pa., January 25, 1846, and 
in the same county, his father, Daniel S. Leighty, 
was also born. The latter was a son of Jacob 
Leighty, who lived in the section of Pennsylvania 
where his son and grandson were born, and where 
he breathed his last. Daniel Leighty was a carpen- 
ter bj' trade, and in 1856 removed his famil}' to 
AVirren County, III., which was his home until his 
death. In 1861, he joined the Union arm\- as a 
private in the First Illinois Cavalry, was captured 
by the Confederates at Lexington, Mo., but was 
afterwards paroled and re-enlisted. In the Eleventh 
Illinois Cavalry he served until January, 1864, 
when at Mcksburg he was stricken down witli 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 



chronic diarrhoea which caused his death. For manj' 
years lie was a member of the United Presbyterian 
Church: his political adherence was given to the 
Republican part}'. His wife, in lier maidenhood 
Miss Rebecca Gilchrist, was also a native of Fayette 
County, Pa., and belonged to a notable family of 
Scotch-Irish, who emigrated to America before the 
Revolution, making their settlement in the Key- 
stone State. Her death occurred in Warren County, 
111., March 12, 1874. To her and her husband 
seven children were born, named respectively, 
•Joseph W., Mathew, .Jacob, Elizabeth B.. Edward, 
Anna and Waller. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
was reared to his tenth year in his native county 
in the Keystone State, and then accompanied the 
other members of the family to Illinois, where he 
continued ius studies in the common schools, ac- 
quiring a good understanding of the branches 
taught therein. His early life was spent on a farm, 
which he loft at the age of eighteen to begin work 
at tlie harness-maker's trade at Galva, 111. He en- 
listed in yiay, 1864, in the One Hundred and 
Thirty-eighth Illinois, wiis discharged the 14th of 



October of the same year. In 1867 he returned to 
his home and remained there two years after which 
he engaged in the harness business in Osage City, 
•Kan. Some three years later he returned to War- 
ren County, III., established himself in business at 
Monmouth, and carried on the establishment there 
until August, 188-2, when he returned to Osage 
City and there remained two years. From that 
lime until February, 1886, he had no permanent 
location, but at that date he established himself in 
Wellington, Kan., whence he subsequently re- 
moved to Conway Springs, as before noted. 

Mr. Leiglity was united in marriage with Miss 
Ida H., daughter of Tliaddeus and Oetavia (Sliaw) 
Clarke, of Monmoulii, III. They were married 
January 20, 1880. The parents of Mrs. Leighty 
are natives of Illinois and Ohio respectively, and 
to them were born seven children: E. Joe, Ida 
B., Elva J.. Cora M., Nellie M., David E. and Bes- 
sie E. Her father was an enterprising and promi- 
nent journalist. His death occurred at Monmouth, 
Hi., in 187.3. ]\Ir. Leighty belongs to the Ancient 
Order of United AVorkmen and is a standi member 
of the Republican party. 





BIOGI^p^rpI^pR 



^<s;Mi>*^>^^ 



Adams, K. M 37 j 

Adams, Jolin 23 

Adams. John Qiiincy 39 

Ad.nnis. W. P ..-^S^ 

Allrich, W. H 26G 

Allen, J. H 22^ 

Anderson, R.A 281 

Anthony, George T 135 

Armstrong, Capt. G . D 201 

Arthvir, Chester A g(> 



B 



FSnin, Sanuifil 300 

Hall, A. 'J- 417 

Piarnes, A ■148 

Ilarnes, Jesse 329 

Barrett, H 290 

Uarllett. S. C 299 

liaiim, F. W 236 

lie i let, Henry J 305 

Ijeller, James W 37,^ 

Benedict, H. L 427 

sBcnron, D. W 335 

BiHiter, J. D " 351 

Hissell, J . E 291 

Blackmon, D. S 366 

Bl.iir, John A 371; 

Blampied, W. N 435 

I'oat right, William T 262 

Bot'ciii, John 431 

Bowers, Henry 444 

Bozman,W. E 290 

Branaman,A 40^ 

Breneman, J. T., M. D 218 

Briij^le, M. L 395 

Brown. J. Q 443 

Brown, R. A., M. D 235 

Brown. W. K 4,8 

I* r own back, J. B 296 

Buchanan, James 75 

BuriieUe,J.A 2:3 



Burton, Col. Cieorf^e :77 

Butter worth, Samuel 211 



Campbell, L. S , M. D 221 

Can n , A 374 

Caops, Mrs. M. E... 20:? 

Carnahan, A 16S 

Carnes, William H .>74 

Carney, Thomas 115 

Carpenter, G. C ^^^ 

Chambers, Hon. W, I j,^6 

Chapman, J. \V" 3^0 

Church, J T 342 

Clark, George W ,.220 

Cleveland, Grover 103 

Cleveland, P. H. D 306 

Clinard, S. F 200 

Coldwell. W. B 421 

Colson, A. M 201 

Cooley, D. W 232 

Coombs, Leslie 352 

Corbeit. Capt. J. A .441 

Cornwell, T . N -316 

Corzine, W -.304 

Covell, M. D 400 

Cox, J. II 390 

Cox, W, F. 294 

Cozad, N. S 367 

Crawford, Samuel J iig 

Crookham, C. L 246 

Culbertson, A. K 357 

Cummings, W. C. F 371 

Cushman, C. I 189 

Czaplinski, A 365 



D 



Darby, William A 320 

Davidson. M 403 

Davis, J. C 429 

Davis, J. H iS8 

Davis, R. B 196 

Uavis, T. A 312 



Donley, T. R 430 

Dorsctt. D. W 3pQ 

Doughty, Maj. G. W., Sr 321 

Dow is. Gale S 212 

Dow is, Stephen 411 

Dunbar, Thomas , . .359 

Durham, G. W 260 



E 



Easter, F, D., M- D 279 

Eik lor, John 190 

F.Ilis, George W 260 

Elsea, J. P 419 

Knders, A. A 450 

Epperson, CharlesG 263 

Epperson, J. S 23^ 



Fauchier, G. W 412 

Feagins, Daniel 280 

Fillmore, Millard 67 

Fitz Hugh, William H 439 

Folks, J. B 27r 

Forney, A. G 37S 

Forney, Hon. J. W - . .T76 

Freeman, A. B 437 

I* ricnd, George W 3^7 



G 



Gabbert, I, T., M. D 21/5 

Garfield, James A gg 

Gelbach, George W 45^ 

Gideon, James R i6fi 

Gilbert, D.N 449 

Gilchrist, Daniel 315 

Glaize, W. C 281 

Glick, George W 143 

Goad, W. B 184 

Golightley, John 331 

Grant. U- S. 87 



Greene, Nehemiah 12- 

Green man, J. D ,^(, 

Grist, Norman 3^^ 

Gum, Moses 394 



H 



Hackney, Make -zs* 

Hackney, O.J ^.. 

Halscll, Hon. J. E ^05 

Hamilton, B F.,M.D 206 

HarbaiTjh, H. F ,23 

Hardman. D. M 386 

Harrison, Benjamin ,07 

Harrison, William Henry 51 

Hartman, A. P ^qS 

Harvey, James M 127 

Hayes, R. B gj 

Heizer, N. E ^02 

Henderson, George W 182 

Hill, George S ,186 

Hinckle, G. M. D 155 

Holliday, Daniel K 225 

Hollingsworth, T. J., M. D..377 

Holmes, M. V 402 

Horner, C. F lyg 

Horner, Hon. S. H 404 

Ho use worth, J . W 423 

Hubbard, Hon. T. A 163 

Humphrey, T,yman U 151 

H umpJireys, George G 162 

Hutson,J.E 226 



Ingran., K. F 451 



Jackson, .Andrew 

j2ckson, M. R 

Jacobs, H H 

Janeway, Hon. U. F. 



•*3 
■.302 
■436 



INDEX. 



Jay, Fred 3^9 

Jay, John C 405 

Jefferson, Thomas 27 

Jeffries, Edward C 313 

Johnson, Andrew 83 

Johnson, Joseph M 216 

Johnson, L 34^ 

Johnston, J. R "S" 

Jones, Evan R r... . 452 



K 



Kendrick.J. W 303 

King, Aaron 361 

Knowles, Frank E 240 

Knowles, H 270 

Kiiblk, Frank 269 



Lanibe, A. C 207 

Lambdin, J. C 3b^ 

Lashley, A 186 

Lassell, W. H 453 

La Vance, A , M. D 415 

Leighty, Jacob 457 

Lemmon, W. W.,M. D 4>3 

Lemond, R. W 385 

Lewis, Ira M 256 

Lewis, S. P. G 293 

Lincoln, Abraham 79 

Lingenfelter, Hon W.J 409 

Linn, George 229 

Logan, F. P 407 



M 



McAllister, C. B 187 

McChier, J T 178 

McDonald, William A 369 

McElhinny, W. P 274 

McLain, William A 180 

McMillan , John T 197 

Madison, James 31 

Malaby, William B 179 

Manee, J. C 172 

Martin, John A 147 

Matson, L J.-. 211 



Mears. JohnL 185 

Miller, George J -42' 

Miller, S 362 

Mills, F. M 249 

Rlonroe, James 35 

Moore, W. D 425 

Moore, W. G 397 

Mordy, Thomas R 203 

Morrill, A 133 

Morris, E. W 284 

Morse, J. C. O 275 

M orton . George 276 

Muckley, Emcline 283 

Murlin.C.E 272 

Myers, Capt. L. K 239 

Myers, T. J 360 

Myers, William- 301 



N 



Neal, R 353 

Nice, John P 343 

North, W. b 320 

Nottingham, W. H 435 

Nutt, Samuel 414 

Nyce, John W 31)3 



Polk, James K.. 
Porter, John H . 



■ 59 

.376 



o 



Ogden, T. V . .242 

Omo, A. S 350 

Osborn , Thomas A i ji 

Osburn, H. B 

Owens, James H 



Paisley, Hugh 261 

Parks, J. W 437 

Parks, L. A 409 

Patton, Z. H 259 

Peckham, John C 407 

Pegram.J.L 322 

Persons. C. R 351 

Pfeifer, George 3 

Phillippi, L. N I 

Phillips, F. S 1: 

Pierce, Franklin 



Q 



Quick, A. R 242 



R 



Randall, Charles 249 

Ray, J udge J. A 449 

Read . C- L 309 

Reese, A. M 439 

Rice, A 2t)5 

Rice, A. B 250 

Richardson, Thomas, Sr 245 

Riffel, E. M 383 

Rinehart, George 167 

Robbins, F. K 241 

Robertson, J. F., M. D .417 

Robinson, Charles m 

Robinson, George E .....2^5 

Rockhold, Edmund 243 

Ruggles, John P' 310 

Rumble, Charles 194 



Salter, L. A :(>8 

Sanders, Hon. J. T 454 

Seymour, Rev. R. H 355 

Shaffer, Charles H 289 

Shearman, A. W 425 

Shull. H. H .253 

Simons, J - K 244 

Smith, Hon. A. H 446 

Smith. C. W 372 

Smith, Jacob 234 

Smi.h, Nelson 214 

Smith, R.J -339 

Smith, S. E., M. D 447 

Snowden, N, H 35ft 

Sommcrville, G. A 347 

Sparr, A. D 108 

Spair, John R 441 

Stands, J.J 311 

Steele, George R 331 

Stephens, David 433 

Stewart, John T 252 



S tiger, John -. -368 

St. John, John P 139 

Strange, J . L. M 338 

Sturm, J. T 398 



Taylor, H, A 401 

Taylor, Zachary 63 

Thew, Joseph 206 

Thrailkill, J. C 338 

Tihon, A 286 

Tilton, W. A 2ig 

Townsend, Whitfield thi 

Tracewell, Thomas 380 

Tracy, R.J 230 

Troutman, M 219 

Tucker, Truman 282 

Tyler, John . .. 55 



Van Burcn, Martii 

Vancuren, I 

Vickery, I. M . . . 



w 



■ 47 
215 



Walker, Judge W. T 388 

Wallace, Mrs- Rebecca R.. 332 

Wallace, W. R .224 

Washington, George 19 

Webber, J. C, M. D 454 

Wendell, J. H 295 

Wengler, Anton 171 

Whealy,W.G 251 

Whiteside, E. D 424 

Wichern, Charles 43S 

Wiggins, Edson 413 

Wiggins, Volney S 4:0 

Willhoite, W. F., M. D 329 

Williams, J. H 349 

Windell. A 170 

Winsor, George H 370 

Winters, I.R... 175 

WoUam, W. J 4.S2 

Wright, Capt. Joshua iSi 

Wright, R. L 201 




Aldrich, W. H 267 

Barllett. S. C 207 

Baum, F. W 237 

Bro*nback, J. B 297 

Cornwell, T.N..., 317 

Cox, John J 391 

Czaplinski, A ■■■ .^ 363 



Uarby, W. A 317 

Eiklor, John 191 

Enders, A. A 390 

Gilbert, D. N 381 

Greenman, J. D 327 

Huison.J- E... I-.,. 227 



Kubik, Frank 267 

Lewis, Ira M 257 

Linn, George 227 

Manee. |. C 173 

Miller, S 363 

Patton,?. H-- 1 ••■* 257 



Shaffer, C.H 287 

Tilton. A. L 287 

Tracewell, Thomas 381 

Vancuren, Isaac 317 

Willhoite, W. F 327 

Winters, I. R , 173 



INDEX. 




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Adams, John 22 

( Adams, John Q 38 

'Anthony, G. T 134 

1, Arthur, Chester A 98 

V 'iJiichanan, James 74 

Butterworth, Samuel 210 

' Carney , 'I'homas 114 

Cleveland, G rover S.. ........ ic2 

F'Crawford, S.J 118 

, Easter, Edgar D 278 



'Fillmore, Millard 66 

'Garfield, James A 94 

* Glick, George W 142 

''Green, Nehemiah 122 

/Grant, Ulysses S 86 

' Harrison, Benjamin io5 

1 Harrison, William H 50 

' Harvey, J. M 126 

' Hayes, Rutherford B 90 

' Humphrey, L. U 150 



Jackson, Andrew 42 I ,Polk, James K 58 

Jefferson, Thomas 26 ' Read, C. L 308 

Johnson, Andrew.. 82 , ' Robinson, Charles ....no 

' Lincoln, Abraham 78 ^ommerville, G. A 346 



/ Madison, James 30 

Martin. J. A .146 

KMills, F. M 248 

' Monroe, James 34 

> Osborn, T. A 130 

Pierce, Franklin 70 



St. John, J. P 138 

/Taylor , Zachary 62 

""Townsend, Whitfield 160 

Tyler, John 54 

Van Buren, Martin 46 

> Washington, George 18 



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